Grafton Banks Finance are working with a rapidly growing commercial company with offices in Brighton, East Sussex area to recruit a Finance Assistant on a full time permanent basis. Working 3 days in office and 2 days from home you will be reporting into the Senior Management Accountant and working in a small friendly busy finance function.
Duties and Responsibilities will include:
*Processing sales ledger invoices
*Reconciling payments and maintaining a clean sales ledger
*Importing bank statements into accounting system daily
*Bank reconciliations
*Processing purchase ledger invoices and checking back to purchase orders
*Preparing weekly payment runs for suppliers
*Setting up bank transactions such as transfers and payments for expense claims and one-off purchases
*Supporting the Management accountant in the month end processes, including journal preparation, intercompany postings on the finance system and reconciliation of some control accounts
*Accuracy of accounts payable including invoice processing, supplier statement reconciliations and assisting in the preparation of supplier pay run.
*Assisting with Accounts Receivable cash postings, allocations, refunds, reconciliations and answering sales related queries
*Ensuring completeness and accuracy of invoices matched to purchase orders in the purchasing system
*Revenue reporting.
*Process and control improvement and ad-hoc projects.
*Assisting with the Accounting Team email group
*Assist with the preparation of the month end accounts
*Posting of journals
*Year-end audit files
*Bank postings and reconciliations
*Ad hoc duties as and when required
The successful candidate will have at least 1-2 years proven practical experience within finance and be comfortable across a range of software’s including Excel. The role will be hybrid 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home. Working in a small friendly busy finance time, it is essential that you have good time management, able to work well in a team and sole charge and be able to manage tight deadlines, alongside excellent communication skills to be able to work with both finance and non-finance professionals. For your experience you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits package.