Finance Officer

Are you an experienced Finance Officer looking to work for a company that really values its employees? If you have fantastic accounting skills, a flexible and adaptable approach and want to work for an award winning company in Bolton town centre, this is the role for you. Along with a salary of up to £29,000, the role offers exceptional benefits and amazing career prospects. What are you waiting for? Read on to find out more!

Bolton Business Awards Employee Wellbeing Winners 2024! - Our vision is to create a world where everyone loves their job, and this starts with you!

People matter at Jobwise. We are Investors in People accredited to GOLD Standard, something only 7% of companies accredited by IIP in the UK have achieved! We believe in nurturing the talent in the business. The company ethos is based around internal development with the entire management team started in the business as trainees. If you have the right attitude, passion and ability, we can provide the training to help you develop your career.

What you will be doing as a Finance Assistant:
Working in a busy and varied accounts role you will be liaising with clients and colleagues as well as working with the company’s supply chain to ensure great service. Duties will include:

• Chasing outstanding debt, reducing outstanding aged debt to within targets
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients, handling queries and assisting in cash collection
• Issuing invoices on a weekly basis
• Performing credit checks and managing credit limits
• Posting and allocating sales ledger receipts
• Producing monthly aged debtor reports
• Processing supplier invoices and managing the monthly payment run
• Sourcing and setting up new suppliers, negotiating purchasing prices and payment terms
• Reconciling purchase ledger accounts
• Completing all month end accounts procedures
• Producing monthly and year to date P&L reports
• Creating monthly management MI packs for stakeholders
• Creating and maintaining Excel spreadsheets to collate company figures
• Updating weekly cash flow and projecting for future months
• Processing weekly invoices
• Assisting the accountants with year end accounts reporting
• Quarterly VAT returns for the company
• Processing annual corporation tax payment following accountant’s review
• Providing staff payroll amendments in periods of absence

We would LOVE to hear from you if you have the following skills and experience:

• Previous experience in a similar all round finance role with the ability to carry out purchase ledger, sales ledger, credit control and month end / period end procedures
• Confident creating reports including P&L, MI and other figures based reports
• Advanced skills in Excel with the ability to create and maintain a varied range of spreadsheets
• Comfortable using Xero
• AAT qualifications would be beneficial

What’s in it for me as a Finance Assistant:

• A salary of £26,000 to £29,000, depending on experience
• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays plus your birthday off (increasing over time to a maximum of 29 days plus bank holidays)
• Hybrid working
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Regular social and team-building events
• Company pension scheme
• Profit share
• An early Friday finish!
• Wellbeing Award winners: We have a strong focus on employee health and happiness

About Jobwise

We are a leading family-owned North West recruitment agency, established in 1979. Recognised for our commitment to our people, we've been awarded Investors in People Gold for the third time. We focus on organic growth and employee development, offering extensive training and opportunities to progress to senior roles.

If this sounds like a Finance Assistant role you will LOVE, please send your CV today