Full job descriptionFinance Assistant (maternity cover 12-month contract)
About Us
Reed Recruitment is partnering with a well-established, family run care group. They have 5 care homes and 1 domiciliary care agency; all located in Cornwall. They provide a variety of complex care across their homes. They range from elderly residential care to specialist Dementia care as well as care for adults living with complex mental health needs.
Although the Homes are based in Cornwall, their small finance team is based in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
It is an exciting time to join the Company. They are a young dynamic management team with ambitions to grow the business considerably over the next few years.
They are looking for a Finance Assistant to cover maternity leave, to report to the Finance Director, to join our small finance team on a permanent basis. This role is pivotal to the smooth running of the finances and the Company as a whole.
The Benefits
20 hours a week – Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu – hours are 10am-3pm (Monday and Thursday are office based in Brimscombe, Stroud)
· £16.00 to £16.50 per hour depending on experience
· Christmas bonus
· Birthday voucher
· On-site parking
· A supportive and nurturing management structure, who takes pride in their team and people
The role
· Transactional role to assist with purchase and sales ledger duties for 6 companies
· Processing and preparing invoices on purchase and sales ledger
· Reconciling supplier statements
· Liaise with other members of the team to ensure all invoices are authorised and have the correct nominal ledger codes
· Produce supplier payment runs to agreed timescales
· Raise ad-hoc payment requests as required
· Ensure that data in respect of suppliers and customers is accurate and up-to-date
· Recording funds received from residents and clients and assist with chasing outstanding debt
· Data entry
· Transactional work on payroll and prepaid cards
· Processing staff expenses
· Assist with bank reconciliations
· Deal with queries as and when they arise
· Ad hoc project work
· Office administration
· Potential for the role to grow
About You
To be considered for the role, you will need:
· Have previous working sales and purchase ledge experience and understand the ins and outs of the purchase and sales ledger processes
· Experience of working with Sage
· Experience of Xero would be useful
· Excellent excel skills
· Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
· Good communication skills
· Confidentiality is essential
· Ability to work to deadlines
· Able to multitask
· Able to be office based in Brimscombe (near Stroud) on Monday’s and Thursday’s and remotely from home when hours increase.
· Required to visit our Care Homes in Cornwall, on occasion.
Start date 14 October – initial training in the office for the first 1 to 2 weeks
Pay: £16.00-£16.50 per hour
Benefits:
*Casual dress
*Company pension
*On-site parking
Work Location: In person