We have a great opportunity for a Finance Assistant/Officer to join our client, within the public sector, on a permanent contract

They are offering £38,000 - £40,000 per annum, with hybrid working arrangements.

If you are passionate about how organisations monitor finance and use in it key decision making, and have a desire to work to improve and streamline commercial finance business processes, we want to hear from you.

KEY DUTIES

• Account Payables and Account Receivables: Ensuring that suppliers are promptly paid; managing AR aged debtor schedule, ensuring prompt issuance of invoices, following up on due bills and preparing monthly AR report.

• Support with month end close by preparing accruals and prepayment journals.

• Bank reconciliation: reconciling bank statements monthly and ensuring prompt resolution of discrepancies.

• Periodic general ledger (GL) review to ensure that GL figures agree with figures in relevant department trackers.

• Audit support: Assist with both internal and external audit by providing relevant information requested by auditors.

• Other ad-hoc duties: providing general administrative support to the Finance team including completing monthly surveys, carrying out financial resilience/credit checks on potential suppliers, answering finance queries, managing the Finance team email box and other relevant tasks that may be assigned.

Public sector experience is desirable.

Key skills/knowledge:

• The successful applicant will have previous finance experience, with strong accuracy and numeracy skill

• IT literate including the use of Excel (including pivot tables and use of formulas) and accounting systems

• Able to work with minimal supervision and be proactive in problem solving

• Ability to carry out a broad variety of financial tasks

• Experience of using spreadsheets, word processing packages, computerised financial, procurement and logistics packages, journal entries and double entry

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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