Job Description
Finance Assistant - Syston - £28,000 - £32,000 - Hybrid (Min. 4 Days Office-Based) - Permanent
Macildowie are working with this client based in Syston, Leicestershire to recruit an experienced Finance Assistant to join a collaborative and fast-paced finance team.
This is a full-time, permanent opportunity offering varied exposure across billing, accounts payable, reconciliations and systems support. The role is well suited to someone who's already confident in transactional finance and looking to take the next step toward broader responsibility - potentially developing toward finance operations or management accounting.
Working closely with the Divisional Financial Controller, you'll be responsible for:
Preparing and validating monthly billing files
Managing supplier invoices and the full P2P process
Handling weekly payment runs and supplier reconciliations
Completing daily bank reconciliations and resolving unmatched items
Supporting petty cash processes and internal reporting
Assisting with month-end close and data accuracy across systems
You'll also contribute to process improvements and play a key part in maintaining financial controls, working across multiple systems and liaising with operational teams.
What We're Looking Fo
AAT Level 4 qualified (or equivalent experience)
Experience across billing, AP, reconciliations or month-end support
Confident working with Excel (pivot tables, lookups, data matching)
Comfortable navigating finance systems and cross-functional data
Proactive and organised, with a keen eye for detail
Strong communication skills and the ability to work with non-finance teams
The Offer:
£28,000 - £32,000 per annum
37.5 hours per week
Based in Syston, with hybrid working (minimum 4 days per week in-office)
Permanent contract with scope for development
If you're an experienced finance professional ready for a role with variety, responsibility and long-term progression, we'd love to hear from you.
Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography.
Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.
If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.
Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.
