Job Description
Finance Assistant (Temp to Perm)
Location: On-site Ashford
Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00
We are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a busy finance team on a temp-to-perm basis. This role has become available to help support the team and stabilise workload during a particularly busy period.
The successful candidate will join at a time when the department is preparing for month-end, so we are looking for someone who already has practical finance experience and can confidently support core accounting tasks from the outset. This position would suit someone early in their finance career who has gained hands-on experience and is ready to build on their skills in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Sales invoicing
- Credit control
- Cash book posting and reconciliation
- Setting up new suppliers and customers on the system
- Supporting month-end analysis
- Assisting with payroll journals and other finance journals
- Providing general finance administration and support to the team
Candidate Requirements
- Previous hands-on finance experience within industry
- Working knowledge of journals, accruals, and ledgers
- Comfortable working in a busy finance environment with competing priorities
- Studying towards a finance qualification such as AAT or CIMA would be advantageous but is not essential
- Experience within manufacturing or engineering would be beneficial
Role details:
- Location: On-site in Ashford (no hybrid working)
- Hours: 09:00-17:00
- Immediate start
- Temp-to-perm - the role starts on a temporary basis, with the intention of offering a permanent contract upon successful completion of the temporary period.
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