Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Kingston Upon Hull

Construction. Manufacturing. AAT or Equivalent Payroll/General Accounts experience. Strong Excel skills.

About the Company

Based in Kingston Upon Hull, my client is an innovative and growing design and manufacture organisation with strong links to the construction industry. As the business continues to expand the need has arisen to recruit a highly competent Finance Assistant.

About the role

Reporting to the Finance Manager and working as part of a small, dedicated accounting team your responsibilities are varied covering payroll provision, sales invoicing and broader general accounting responsibilities.  

Responsibilities:

• Process the weekly and monthly payrolls ensuring compliance with statutory regulations.
• Timely preparation of sales invoices and maintaining customer data on the company system.
• Credit Control including reporting to management and further escalation where applicable.
• Maintain the daily cashbooks and debtors reporting.
• Manage petty cash transactions and associated reconciliation.
• Process employee expenses, including reconciliation of the company credit card accounts.
• Assist in monthly stock takes and subsequent stock valuations.
• Assist with preparation of statutory returns eg. P11d’s & ONS surveys.
• Post journals.
• Reconcile the monthly healthcare invoices.
• Prepare documentation for the annual audit ensuring all documents are adequately referenced.
• Provide cover for the purchase ledger function.
• Ad hoc duties as required to support the needs of the business.

Candidate Profile

You will be an experienced accounts clerk with a track record of Payroll and general accounting experience ideally gained in a similar fast paced business. You will have sound working knowledge of basic financial accounting coupled with strong spreadsheet skills particularly around excel. Whilst the responsibilities in this role have a focus toward payroll and sales ledger it does provide the successful candidate with the opportunity and scope to broaden their accounting knowledge.

Candidate attributes

• AAT/Equivalent Payroll, general accounts experience.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Strong technical skills around payroll and general accounting.
• Commercial acumen.
• Excellent IT skills.