Heard of us?

We're an award-winning bank; backing people to fulfil life's hopes and dreams.

Now is your chance...

The role is for a Finance Assistant within the Business Finance, Financial Control team which focusses on the Asset Finance and Invoice Finance lending divisions and is based in Reading. The team is responsible for the financial accounting, reporting and controllership for these two business lines.

The role of Finance Assistant is really important to us. The role holder will be responsible for assisting the team and Financial Controller with all aspects of day to day operations and accounting, with primary responsibility to resolve bank and control account reconciliations by liaising with divisional operations teams, cash operations and the bank reconciliations team.

When the time is right, we would love to welcome you to our Reading office. In the meantime you will be based remotely. You'll be made to feel part of your new team by your Line Manager, Financial Accountant, and colleagues through regular contact and virtual interaction.

What would your day look like?

Controllership


• Daily updating of Cashbooks and posting transactions to Leasesoft and the general ledger


• Reconciliation of control accounts with regular escalation of issues to Operations


• Reconciliation of general ledger to source system accounts


• Maintain integrity of financial controls.

Financial Operations


• Process customer account and adjustments on Asset Finance systems and required general ledger postings


• Support the Asset Finance business with raising of manual invoices and credit notes

Financial & Management Accounts


• Preparation of month end accounting adjustments


• Posting general ledger journals

What do we expect of you?

Cash allocation and reconciliation experience
High level of accuracy and attention to detail
Knowledge of double entry bookkeeping
Good communication skills both written and oral
Desire to learn and develop new skills
Excel Skills

What can you expect of us?

A friendly and flexible culture, synonymous with our proposition to our customers.
A growing organisation that defines itself as being nimble, lean and strong.
A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
A communicative, accessible and approachable ExCo.And of course, you will be compensated competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

Still Curious?

Aldermore Group was formed by bringing together two very successful businesses, Aldermore Bank and MotoNovo Finance, under the First Rand umbrella. Whilst our parent company operates internationally from their HQ in South Africa, we are a UK-based financial services specialist that supports our customers across a range of products and services, with hubs throughout the UK, including London, Reading, Manchester and Cardiff.

Underpinned by our strategic blueprint, "backing people to fulfil life's hopes and dreams", we thrive upon saying "yes" to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; and we open up the lending market to many.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose over the course of the next 3 to 5 years.

Join us today and we will make the same promises to you as an employee, as we do to each of our customers. We value your differences; welcoming applications from all sections of society. We continue to build an inclusive, empathetic and creative environment; where your views and contributions will inspire new ways of thinking.

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Aldermore is an equal opportunities employer.

We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received by Aldermore will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by HR.

Where a DBS check or CIFAS check is identified as necessary, all application forms, job adverts and recruitment briefs will contain a statement that an application for a DBS certificate or a CIFAS check will be submitted in the event of the individual being offered the position