Finance Assistant - maternity cover upto 3 months
| Posting date: | 20 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 October 2024 |
| Location: | Hyde, Greater Manchester |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | United In Recruitment Ltd |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 539 |
Summary
My clients are a very well-established manufacturing company based in Tameside. An exciting opportunity has become available to join a fast-paced finance function as a Finance Assistant Fixed Term Contract to cover for maternity 2/3 months this could then extend to February 2026. Doing various responsibilities. You will work with a team of Finance Assistants supporting the Company Accountant on a range of Finance duties.
Monday to Friday 35 hour per week 9-5pm
Salary upto £29k start DOE
Main Purpose of the Role:
To support the Company’s Finance department, Company Accountant and Financial Controller.
Main Responsibilities and Duties:
• Collating documentation to support journal transactions for expenditure and sales in profit and loss accounts.
• Creating a monthly profit and loss expenditure analysis pack for review by senior management.
• Prepare and post monthly recurring journals for specified Balance sheet accounts.
• Reconcile Balance Sheet accounts.
• Preparing monthly sales breakdown report.
• Calculating and preparing monthly sales commissions.
• Prepare and post inter-company journals, ensuring all figures are agreed by agreed deadlines.
• Maintaining cashbooks and credit card receipts – including downloading bank statements, recording bank statement transactions, posting all currency sales ledger and nominal items on a daily basis.
• Ensure all purchase ledger items are complete to enable daily posting.
• Reconcile all bank accounts daily.
• Review and reconcile petty cash book and cash on a weekly basis
• Liaise with department heads to obtain approval for supplier payments.
• Ensuring there are adequate levels of currency to cover supplier payments.
• Completing reports for inclusion in the Board report.
• Issuing foreign currency to staff, ensuring sufficient levels of currency.
• Recognise, prepare and produce prepayments and accruals and reconciling weekly.
• Coding and posting journals.
• Producing payment sheets for Assistant Company Accountant, including employee expenses.
• Providing cover for Finance Assistants.
• Ad hoc duties as required.
Essential Criteria:
• Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge.
• Accurate, organised, and able to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of sales and expenditure analysis.
• Strong teamwork ethic.
• Experience of working in a finance department.
• Experience of working with allocating concepts i.e., accruals and prepayments.
Desirable Criteria:
• Training to become or be AAT qualified.
• Experience in manufacturing environment.
Our Benefits if it became permanent:
• Auto enrolled into our Stakeholder Pension Scheme (Louvolite contributes 4%).
• 28 days holiday (including statutory), rising by one day over five years, with each completed year of service.
• Life Assurance covering your annual salary.
• Subsidised canteen offering freshly cooked meals and sandwiches every day.
• Free car parking.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling support, legal guidance, and medical advice from qualified nurses, for you and your immediate family.
• Discounted Gym Membership.
• Discounted Blinds and Shutters, upon successful completion of your Probationary Period.
• Free Flu Jab voucher every Autumn.
• Christmas Savings Scheme.
Please note that United In Recruitment can’t always respond to all applicants due to the high volume of CV's received every day. Should you not receive a response within 2 working days please accept this as not been successful, and we wish you all the best in your job search. Your details will not be held, and we apologise that we are unable to contact everyone in person and thank you for your interest.
Monday to Friday 35 hour per week 9-5pm
Salary upto £29k start DOE
Main Purpose of the Role:
To support the Company’s Finance department, Company Accountant and Financial Controller.
Main Responsibilities and Duties:
• Collating documentation to support journal transactions for expenditure and sales in profit and loss accounts.
• Creating a monthly profit and loss expenditure analysis pack for review by senior management.
• Prepare and post monthly recurring journals for specified Balance sheet accounts.
• Reconcile Balance Sheet accounts.
• Preparing monthly sales breakdown report.
• Calculating and preparing monthly sales commissions.
• Prepare and post inter-company journals, ensuring all figures are agreed by agreed deadlines.
• Maintaining cashbooks and credit card receipts – including downloading bank statements, recording bank statement transactions, posting all currency sales ledger and nominal items on a daily basis.
• Ensure all purchase ledger items are complete to enable daily posting.
• Reconcile all bank accounts daily.
• Review and reconcile petty cash book and cash on a weekly basis
• Liaise with department heads to obtain approval for supplier payments.
• Ensuring there are adequate levels of currency to cover supplier payments.
• Completing reports for inclusion in the Board report.
• Issuing foreign currency to staff, ensuring sufficient levels of currency.
• Recognise, prepare and produce prepayments and accruals and reconciling weekly.
• Coding and posting journals.
• Producing payment sheets for Assistant Company Accountant, including employee expenses.
• Providing cover for Finance Assistants.
• Ad hoc duties as required.
Essential Criteria:
• Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge.
• Accurate, organised, and able to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of sales and expenditure analysis.
• Strong teamwork ethic.
• Experience of working in a finance department.
• Experience of working with allocating concepts i.e., accruals and prepayments.
Desirable Criteria:
• Training to become or be AAT qualified.
• Experience in manufacturing environment.
Our Benefits if it became permanent:
• Auto enrolled into our Stakeholder Pension Scheme (Louvolite contributes 4%).
• 28 days holiday (including statutory), rising by one day over five years, with each completed year of service.
• Life Assurance covering your annual salary.
• Subsidised canteen offering freshly cooked meals and sandwiches every day.
• Free car parking.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling support, legal guidance, and medical advice from qualified nurses, for you and your immediate family.
• Discounted Gym Membership.
• Discounted Blinds and Shutters, upon successful completion of your Probationary Period.
• Free Flu Jab voucher every Autumn.
• Christmas Savings Scheme.
Please note that United In Recruitment can’t always respond to all applicants due to the high volume of CV's received every day. Should you not receive a response within 2 working days please accept this as not been successful, and we wish you all the best in your job search. Your details will not be held, and we apologise that we are unable to contact everyone in person and thank you for your interest.