Finance Assistant - Si Recruitment : Job Details

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Finance Assistant to join our dynamic Finance Team. The ideal candidate will support the financial operations of the organisation by assisting with various accounting and administrative tasks. This role is crucial in ensuring accurate financial reporting and maintaining efficient financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Supporting all aspects of purchase ledger, including nominal ledger coding, verifying purchase prices against contracts, uploading into Sage 50 Accounts via Excel and producing weekly payment runs
• Reviewing aged creditor and debtor reports to ensure ledgers are well maintained
• Matching of delivery notes and purchase orders to invoices
• Sales ledger processing, including importing customer produced pig sales invoices into an in-house system and uploading into Sage 50 Accounts, verifying pricing against sales contracts
• Setting up new supplier and customer accounts
• Reconciling supplier and customer accounts to third party statements and resolving queries
• Maintaining monthly costing reports and circulating internally for review
• Creating online bank payments and processing in Sage
• Daily bank reconciliations
• Processing of routine month end accounts preparation journals
• Supporting the Finance Team in generating pig management invoices using a custom-built software and data transfer to Sage
• Working on your own initiative to prioritise workload to meet deadlines
• Ad-hoc tasks to assist with accounts preparation and day to day running of the finance function across the Group

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a similar accounts role
• A good standard of education (GCSE’s, including Maths and English grade C or above or equivalent)
• Microsoft Excel skills, including use of data filters, pivot tables
• Experience of accounting software packages (preferably Sage 50 Accounts)
• Self-motivated
• Excellent attention to detail and an orderly approach to processing
• Time management skills
• Strong reconciliation and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external customers/supplier
• Excellent organisational skills
• Completed or following a recognised accounting qualification or qualified by experience

If you are passionate about finance and eager to contribute to a thriving team environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

For a confidential chat please feel free to contact Lauren Brady at Si Recruitment.

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