Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant
Brentwood, Essex
Salary £24,000 to £26,000

James George Recruitment have partnered with a highly successful business that have instructed us to find a Finance Assistant to join their superb offices in Brentwood.

Key responsibilities:

• Posting of purchase invoices and allocation of payments
• Raising invoices and onboarding new customers into our accounts package
• Posting of accounting journals
• Paying vendor/supplier invoices and tracking bank account balances
• Chasing overdue invoices
• Reconciling petty cash, bank accounts and credit cards on a weekly/monthly basis
• Verify all bookkeeping postings to check all postings are completely accurate
• Recording any inconsistencies to help the external Accountants reconcile inaccuracies
• Managing employee expense claims
• Ensure all deadlines are met and work prepared appropriately
• Respond to Team enquiries when necessary
• Other administrative duties when required

Key requirements:

• 4 years’ bookkeeping experience is highly preferred
• Experience using Quickbooks accounting software is highly desirable
• Excellent attention to detail is key
• AAT p/q or f/q would be beneficial albeit not essential
• Experience within Architecture, Project Management or Construction industries would also be beneficial but not essential

Good to know:

• This is an office-based role
• There is free on-site parking for the employees
• Ops team consists of 3 people and the whole team of circa 15 people

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to progress their bookkeeping career! Please get in touch with Victoria at James George Recruitment if you would like to discuss further.