Finance Assistant

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Job Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Assistant to join our Finance team supporting our businesses across the UK and Ireland. As part of a small team you will have the opportunity to grow and develop your skills, with daily interaction with our customers and colleagues across the business.

This is a Group support role that requires a positive and proactive attitude with the credibility to interact with senior staff and external customers. This role will be split 50/50 between two of our businesses; Core Technologies (based in Ireland) and VGUK (a UK holding company). The role will be based at our UK office in Chorley.

As Finance Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the assistant accountant/financial controller and be responsible for providing professional administrative support to both external and internal customers.

Job Description:

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Processing supplier invoices
• Reconciliation of supplier statements
• Creating Purchase Orders
• Creating sales invoices
• Credit Control
• Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Intercompany- including invoicing, reconciliations and cash transactions
• Bank – Daily bank reconciliations, processing weekly payment run and one-off payments such as PAYE
• Other ad-hoc tasks as required to support the Finance team
• Ensure system rules are followed in line with Group policies and procedures.

The ideal candidate will:

• be numerically literate with experience of the above tasks;
• have experience of using several different IT systems;
• have a broad knowledge of software and information technology markets an advantage;
• have good knowledge of MS Word & Excel;
• have a sharp attention to detail;
• possess the ability to prioritise workload for time sensitive activities;
• have good communication skills;
• be enthusiastic, friendly, and approachable, with a flexible, “can do” attitude;
• be a self-starter, with ability to work on their own, with good organizational skills but able to be part of a team environment.

What we offer:

• 25 days’ holiday plus holiday buy & sell scheme after 12 months
• Healthcare cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Pension
• Life insurance
• Income Protection
• Support in developing your skills and knowledge including relevant external training
• Opportunities to network and build knowledge with our wider businesses
• Hybrid working - ability to work from home and in the office
• Flexible working hours

Worker Type:

Regular

Number of Openings Available:

1