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Finance Assistant
| Posting date: | 28 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £23,500 to £28,000 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | £23,500 - £28,000 per annum full time salary (this will be pro-rata, depending on agreed contracted hours). We are open to a 22.5 – 30 hour per week, worked across 3-4 days per week. |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 February 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, South West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Resource Futures Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
We have an exciting vacancy in our Finance team for someone who would like to grow and develop into the finance profession. This is a fantastic new opportunity for an enthusiastic person, who may be currently training for bookkeeping finance qualifications (e.g. AAT, ) or planning to start training for a career in finance. If you have a positive “can do” attitude, excellent attention to detail, previous experience of assisting in finance tasks and self-motivation to learn, we would love to hear from you. You will be trained on company processes and procedures, and supported by our Finance Manager in ongoing development of your skills.
Our Core Services team works across the business covering Head Office functions including Finance, Human Resources, Business Systems and Marketing. You will be part of a small and friendly team, in an ethical SME, assisting the Finance Manager in delivering smooth financial operations and contributing to the overall success of the business.
What you will be doing
• Processing weekly temporary staff payroll, including setting up new starters on QuickBooks Advanced payroll and completing payroll journals.
• Running payroll reports and payments through internet banking.
• Processing temporary staff auto enrolment pension contributions.
• Processing staff expenses through our project management software CMap, and importing into QuickBooks.
• Managing petty cash.
• Paying expenses and purchase invoices on QuickBooks in a timely manner.
• Responding to finance enquiries and producing reports for colleagues as required.
• Online banking authorisations as required.
• Processing accounts receivable remittances.
• Assisting with sales and purchase ledger functions on CMap and pushing to QuickBooks.
• Pulling purchase, sales and expense information from QuickBooks back into CMap.
• Reconciling QuickBooks accounts.
• Administrative duties to support the smooth running of the Finance deliverables, including filing and scanning.
• Assisting in improving financial systems and procedures.
• Undertake any other tasks as requested by the Finance Manager.
• Learning all of Resource Futures’ financial systems over time to support the Finance Manager in providing a holistic and effective finance function for the company.
The essentials
• Previous experience in a Finance Assistant or a similar role.
• Knowledge of relevant financial software.
• Excellent MS Excel skills.
• Highly numerate with an ability to spot numeric errors.
• Methodical and accurate, with an ability to collate and present error-free information and reports.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise effectively.
• Strong organisational and problem solving skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
Great to haves
• Experience of QuickBooks.
• Knowledge of a project management software (e.g. CMap).
• Experience in running a payroll.
• Purchase ledger knowledge.
• VAT knowledge.
• Experience in sales ledger and expense claims.
• Working towards AAT or other existing finance qualification.
• Book-keeping qualification.
Resource Futures is an equal opportunities employer. We strive to create a working environment where everyone can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment.
We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us in being themselves at work. We pride ourselves on working flexibly to enable our people to take care of their mental health and maintain a good life-work balance.
We are Disability Confident and a Living Wage employer, and our hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.
We recruit and treat everyone with equality and respect regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital or partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. In line with the expectations set out in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, we place an obligation upon all of our people to respect and act in accordance with this statement.
Our Core Services team works across the business covering Head Office functions including Finance, Human Resources, Business Systems and Marketing. You will be part of a small and friendly team, in an ethical SME, assisting the Finance Manager in delivering smooth financial operations and contributing to the overall success of the business.
What you will be doing
• Processing weekly temporary staff payroll, including setting up new starters on QuickBooks Advanced payroll and completing payroll journals.
• Running payroll reports and payments through internet banking.
• Processing temporary staff auto enrolment pension contributions.
• Processing staff expenses through our project management software CMap, and importing into QuickBooks.
• Managing petty cash.
• Paying expenses and purchase invoices on QuickBooks in a timely manner.
• Responding to finance enquiries and producing reports for colleagues as required.
• Online banking authorisations as required.
• Processing accounts receivable remittances.
• Assisting with sales and purchase ledger functions on CMap and pushing to QuickBooks.
• Pulling purchase, sales and expense information from QuickBooks back into CMap.
• Reconciling QuickBooks accounts.
• Administrative duties to support the smooth running of the Finance deliverables, including filing and scanning.
• Assisting in improving financial systems and procedures.
• Undertake any other tasks as requested by the Finance Manager.
• Learning all of Resource Futures’ financial systems over time to support the Finance Manager in providing a holistic and effective finance function for the company.
The essentials
• Previous experience in a Finance Assistant or a similar role.
• Knowledge of relevant financial software.
• Excellent MS Excel skills.
• Highly numerate with an ability to spot numeric errors.
• Methodical and accurate, with an ability to collate and present error-free information and reports.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise effectively.
• Strong organisational and problem solving skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
Great to haves
• Experience of QuickBooks.
• Knowledge of a project management software (e.g. CMap).
• Experience in running a payroll.
• Purchase ledger knowledge.
• VAT knowledge.
• Experience in sales ledger and expense claims.
• Working towards AAT or other existing finance qualification.
• Book-keeping qualification.
Resource Futures is an equal opportunities employer. We strive to create a working environment where everyone can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment.
We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us in being themselves at work. We pride ourselves on working flexibly to enable our people to take care of their mental health and maintain a good life-work balance.
We are Disability Confident and a Living Wage employer, and our hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.
We recruit and treat everyone with equality and respect regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital or partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. In line with the expectations set out in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, we place an obligation upon all of our people to respect and act in accordance with this statement.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.