Finance Assistant
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £11.44 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2024 |
| Location: | Swindon, Wiltshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Brackenberry Limited |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | RQ1254985 |
Summary
We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Swindon to assist with the appointment of a Finance Assistant, on a 6-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.
Rate of Pay: £11.44 - £14.09 per hour
Summary:
Contribute to the effective delivery of high quality customer service in the Corporate Finance area.
Provide support to the wider Finance service to maximise the performance and ensure customer satisfaction.
Develop relationships within the Finance Team and with other departments to ensure effective query resolution.
All activities need to be performed in accordance with defined processes and timescales.
Responsibilities:
To process journals, interface files, recharges, grants, and any other appropriate activities to assist services with effective budgetary control.
To complete or provide cover for the supplier payment runs, liaising closely with other staff to resolve any issues, ensuring cheques are printed parallel with system arrangements.
To complete reconciliations including investigating and correcting discrepancies.
To provide support to the Finance Support Pool in the provision of their reconciliation and transactional activity.
To deal with enquiries from external and internal customers. Take ownership of query resolution, providing advice and support where appropriate and ensuring timely escalation of issues when necessary.
Qualifications:
Educated to GCSE level (grade A-C) or equivalent.
Knowledge & Experience:
Demonstrable administrative experience to include the use of Financial IT systems.
Able to communicate effectively with customers and contacts.
Good interpersonal skills.
Strong customer and delivery focus.
Attention to detail.
Strong numeracy and analytical skills with the ability to work with financial information.
Proven experience in a similar team within a service organisation.
Methodical with attention to detail abilities.
Computer literate including MS Excel.
Please note:
You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
You should have right to work in U.K
Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
#RQ1254985
Rate of Pay: £11.44 - £14.09 per hour
Summary:
Contribute to the effective delivery of high quality customer service in the Corporate Finance area.
Provide support to the wider Finance service to maximise the performance and ensure customer satisfaction.
Develop relationships within the Finance Team and with other departments to ensure effective query resolution.
All activities need to be performed in accordance with defined processes and timescales.
Responsibilities:
To process journals, interface files, recharges, grants, and any other appropriate activities to assist services with effective budgetary control.
To complete or provide cover for the supplier payment runs, liaising closely with other staff to resolve any issues, ensuring cheques are printed parallel with system arrangements.
To complete reconciliations including investigating and correcting discrepancies.
To provide support to the Finance Support Pool in the provision of their reconciliation and transactional activity.
To deal with enquiries from external and internal customers. Take ownership of query resolution, providing advice and support where appropriate and ensuring timely escalation of issues when necessary.
Qualifications:
Educated to GCSE level (grade A-C) or equivalent.
Knowledge & Experience:
Demonstrable administrative experience to include the use of Financial IT systems.
Able to communicate effectively with customers and contacts.
Good interpersonal skills.
Strong customer and delivery focus.
Attention to detail.
Strong numeracy and analytical skills with the ability to work with financial information.
Proven experience in a similar team within a service organisation.
Methodical with attention to detail abilities.
Computer literate including MS Excel.
Please note:
You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
You should have right to work in U.K
Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
#RQ1254985