Finance Assistant

£26,000 - £30,000

Derby Central - Office based

08:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday

37.5 hours a week

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Astute Recruitment are working exclusively with a well established and successful SME business based close to Derby City Centre. They are hiring for a Finance Assistant to join their team of a full time, permanent basis. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and recording transactions across the sales ledger, purchase ledger, cashbook, and nominal ledger through to the trial balance. Additionally, assist in the preparation of accurate and timely management financial reports to support informed business decision-making.

The role:

Sales Ledger and Credit Control

• Apply credit control procedures, including monitoring aged debtors, issuing monthly statements, and following up on outstanding debts through verbal and written communication
• Prepare detailed monthly analyses of outstanding debts
• Import and edit invoice data for uploading, process manual sales invoices in the accounting system, and ensure timely dispatch to customers
• Post customer remittance information onto the accounting system accurately

Purchase Ledger and Supplier Payments

• Set up and execute timely BACS payments for purchase invoices and employee expenses
• Record supplier payments in the accounting system
• Maintain the purchase order register, issue purchase order numbers, and ensure proper matching with purchase invoices
• Accurately code and process authorised purchase invoices and employee expenses
• Perform supplier statement reconciliations as needed

Cashbook and Bank

• Update cashbook transactions and maintain the monthly cash flow summary
• Analyse, reconcile, and process payments for inter-company transfers
• Conduct monthly bank reconciliations to ensure accuracy