Finance Assistant - Fixed Term Contract

We are seeking a Finance Assistant for a fixed-term contract role with our Consulting group. The initial contract will be for 6 months with possible extensions.
In this role, the Finance Assistant will ensure accurate and timely processing of financial transactions in Sage and support the enablement of accurate reporting output.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• General bookkeeping including maintaining both Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger


• Processing supplier invoices and setting up payments for approval


• Liaising with external clients and internal project managers to ensure client invoicing are issued timely and accurately


• Working with intercompany Finance teams to ensure monthly intercompany transactions are recorded and processed accurately


• Running weekly debtors report and daily credit control


• Daily Bank Reconciliations on multi-currency bank accounts


• Processing of employee expenses claims


• Assist Finance Manager with monthly control account reconciliations


• Posting basic month end journals


• General support to the senior Finance Manager and Finance Director


• Other ad-hoc assistance to the general team as required


• Ad-hoc holiday cover
  
  Excellent Microsoft Office skills, and high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel


• Accounting software experience (ideally Sage 50 but can be other similar software)


• Excellent organisation and time-management skills


• Great attention to detail


• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads and urgent requests


• Either studying towards AAT/ACCA (or other equivalent accounting qualification) or have relevant work experience in similar Finance Assistant role