Job Description
Job Title: Finance Assistant
Location: Syston, Leicestershire (LE7)
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 per annum
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Reports to: Divisional Financial Controller / Business Partner
Travel: Minimal
Join a Purpose-Driven Finance Team
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Finance Assistant to join our finance operations team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong transactional finance experience who is ready to step into a dynamic role with exposure across the full billing, P2P, and month-end reporting cycle. Ideal for a candidate looking to grow into FP&A or management accounting.
Key Responsibilities
Billing (Revenue):
- Prepare monthly billing files, including manual compilations.
- Validate billing data against operational reports.
- Maintain accurate customer, pricing, contract, and service records.
- Resolve discrepancies and support billing automation.
Expenditure (Accounts Payable & P2P):
- Process and code supplier invoices.
- Manage the P2P process end-to-end - from PO creation to receipting.
- Run weekly supplier payments.
- Reconcile supplier statements and maintain master data.
Petty Cash:
- Oversee online petty cash submissions and ensure compliance.
- Maintain coding accuracy and audit trails.
Banking & Reconciliations:
- Complete daily bank reconciliations.
- Investigate unmatched transactions and anomalies.
- Support accurate posting across revenue, expenditure, and balance sheet accounts.
Month-End & Financial Reporting:
- Assist with deferred revenue, accruals, and cost adjustments.
- Reconcile financial and operational systems.
- Contribute to audit readiness and control improvements.
Cross-Functional Support:
- Act as a key point of contact across finance and operational teams.
- Provide accurate data to support monthly management accounts.
- Support financial analysis and performance reporting.
What We're Looking For
Essential:
- AAT Level 4 qualified (or equivalent experience and studying towards ACCA/CIMA).
- Experience in billing, accounts payable, reconciliations, or P2P.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, etc.).
- Strong attention to detail and reconciliation ability.
- Comfortable working with multiple systems and large data sets.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Desirable:
- Experience contributing to process or systems improvements.
- Exposure to a multi-site or service-based organisation.
Why Apply?
This role offers broad exposure across finance functions and is ideal for someone looking to grow their responsibilities within a supportive and progressive finance team. You'll work closely with both finance and operational teams, and be encouraged to contribute to process improvements and systems enhancements as the function evolves.
Interested?
Apply now to take your finance career to the next level in a role that combines transactional ownership with development opportunities.
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