Senior Finance Assistant
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 09 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £30,000 i £32,000 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | 33 days hol 10% pension |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 09 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3NX |
| Cwmni: | HR GO Recruitment |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 090625BR_1749464675 |
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Senior Finance Assistant required in Sherborne Dorset.
- Title is Senior Finance Assistant - candidates will ideally be AAT level 4 qualified with practice experience rather than an ACCA/ACA trainee
- Salary - up to max 32k
- Full-time - Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.15pm with a one-hour unpaid lunch break between 1 and 2pm
- Office based
You will be responsible for the day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting through to management accounts/financial statements including audits where required for a variety of entities/family interests. These include limited companies operating in the financial consultancy and property sectors.
You will be expected to:
- Ensure all finance functions and accounting records are maintained accurately and in a timely manner
- Undertake all prime entry bookkeeping tasks ensuring all income and costs have been appropriately approved, recorded accurately and VAT where applicable is correctly treated
- Administer all payments runs to the required frequency culminating in a weekly bank reconciliation where needed
- Prepare VAT returns ensuring these are submitted on time
- Maintain all fixed asset registers, ledgers and control accounts accurately
- Undertake credit control if required
- Produce management accounts and year end statutory accounts files for internal and external audit review
- Prepare regular reports not limited to actual v budget cost summaries and profit forecasts as an example
- Undertake project work as required
- Provide holiday and sickness cover for other team members when needed
- Report to the Team Leader or Deputy Head of Office as work requires
We are looking for an individual who:
- Is working towards their accountancy qualification, recently qualified or qualified by experience with at least five years of relevant experience, ideally within practice.
- Has experience of accounting for transactions that are subject to VAT
- Can proactively prioritise their own work as this role deals with a high volume of information
- Has integrity, discretion and the ability to deal with confidential information
- Has excellent administration and communication skills (both written and verbal with attention to detail)
- Is tactful, diplomatic and approachable, with the ability to deal assertively with a wide range of people
- Has excellent IT skills, a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office and experience of using accounting software
- Is flexible and willing to learn
- Enjoys working on their own or as part of a wider team, being a team player is key
Fantastic benefits including-
Payment of your annual professional qualification membership subscription
Ongoing CPD to enhance your knowledge, skills and experience
10% employer pension contribution
Option to make additional pension contributions through salary sacrifice
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Individual BUPA cover
Life insurance 4 x gross salary