An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Assistant to join our dynamic and friendly team. Internally based at our modern offices in Castle Donington, the role is varied and requires a self-motivated and conscientious individual to ensure deadlines are met whilst maintaining systems and records to a high standard.

Working mainly with our Group Accountant who is based in South Africa, you will be responsible for delivering accurate and well organised finance-based support to them but also to the wider team.

Your role will require you to complete multi-level tasks in a professional and timely manner, undertaking specific duties including:

Core Responsibilities

• AP and AR: Invoice/Receipt entry onto sage, payment of Invoices, raising and issuing Invoices, issuing of AR statements to regional offices, new account and new cost code set up in Sage, raising Purchase Order and Delivery Notes, recharges to regional offices
• Petty Cash: Weekly/monthly reconciliation, posting journal entries to Sage, collection of monies from the bank, issuing monies to staff for ad hoc expenses including reimbursements
• Foreign Currency: Issuing of currency for travel, tracking and maintenance of currency stocks
• Month End: Reconciliation of bank accounts and cashbook, credit card receipts and statement reconciliation, processing and payment of staff expenses, VAT receipt submission, posting payments and expenses to Sage, account balances are to be reconciled in Sage
• Rebates and Listings: Ensuring all product data is up to date on relevant reporting documents, completion of rebate and listings reports using sales information obtained from our internal system, raising and distribution of rebate and listings invoices to regional offices and ensuring prompt payment, posting invoices to Sage, distribution or input of rebate data and reports to Chains

Additional Responsibilities

• Secondary payment approval
• Submission of quarterly forecast figures and figures for budgeting purposes to Group Accountant
• Assisting Group Accountant with annual audits
• Recording utility data i.e usage and cost as stated on invoices
• Ad hoc requests from MD and Management

The Individual

• Will have experience in a finance role. Preferably this experience would be varied across all or most aspects of finance administration and assistance
• Will have Sage experience
• Highly self-motivated and able to work under own steam, demonstrating a willingness to readily tackle tasks and responsibilities
• Observant and reactive to the requirements of other team members
• Able to manage a varied and sometimes deadline driven workload
• Prioritise effectively
• Able to resolve or mitigate issues by being proactive and committed
• Experience of using Microsoft Office Outlook, Word and Excel
• A desire to actively contribute to and be an integral member of a successful team.
• Must hold a full driving license and have use of a vehicle.