Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Ready to take the next step in your finance career within a supportive and collaborative team? We're looking for a proactive and detail-focused Finance Assistant to join our growing team, where you'll play an important role in delivering high-quality financial services that make a real difference.

This is a varied opportunity that will give you exposure to a broad range of finance activities, from accounts payable and receivable processes to reconciliations, financial administration and budgeting support. Working alongside experienced colleagues in a structured and fast-paced environment, you'll build valuable knowledge across multiple finance disciplines while contributing to the accuracy and integrity of financial records.

You'll be joining a team that values teamwork, accountability and continuous improvement, where everyone works together to achieve shared goals and deliver excellent service to our client.

This is a permanent hybrid role with Newport as your base location, and you will be required to attend the office two days per week.

What you'll be doing:

- Processing
and supporting a range of finance activities including accounts payable,
accounts receivable, cash administration and accounting tasks.
- Ensuring
service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) are
achieved through effective workload management and accurate processing.
- Taking
ownership of day-to-day finance activities and escalating more complex
issues where required.
- Supporting
finance period close activities, reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting
and journal processing.
- Investigating
queries from customers and third parties, resolving issues where possible
and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
- Contributing
to continuous service improvement by identifying issues, providing
feedback and supporting the production of key financial information.

What you'll bring:

- Previous
experience working within a finance environment.
- Strong
Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word skills with confidence working with
financial data.
- Excellent
attention to detail and accuracy when working with numbers and data.
- Ability
to organise and prioritise your workload to meet deadlines.
- Confidence
using systems and handling data within a professional environment.
- A
proactive approach to problem solving, accountability and supporting
multiple finance processes.

It would be great if you had:

- Knowledge
and experience of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, including
Oracle.
- Experience
delivering customer-focused service within a professional environment.

If you're interested in this role but not sure if your
skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd
love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.
Location: Newport (Hybrid working, with two days per week in the
office).
Security Clearance Level: NPPV1.
Internal Recruiter: Becky.
Salary: £26,298 per annum.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave, plus BHols with the option to buy extra
days, 4 x death in service life assurance, Health Cash plan, Pension, 3 days
paid volunteering, 5 days paid carers leave and an opportunity to opt in for
more specific benefits.

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