Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant
- Exeter / Hybrid
- Up to: £30,000

Trial Balance Consulting have been exclusively engaged by a long standing past client, a well-established and highly respected professional services business based in Exeter. As a result of significant company growth, the company seeks to recruit an experienced Finance Assistant. This is a permanent, full time opportunity though applicants seeking a 4-day working week will also be given strong consideration. The business promotes a hybrid working arrangement with a minimum of three days to be office based and the remainder to be operated remotely (for those that require the facility).

This is will be a varied and interested role that will support the company’s Finance Manager with a broad range of daily accounting duties. Key responsibilities to include:

• Day-to-day management of the accounts payable function
• Bank reconciliations
• Aged debtor maintenance
• Administration of invoice discounting facility
• Overall management of accounts payable function
• Reconciliation of purchase ledger invoices
• Preparing supplier payment runs
• General ledger analysis
• Assisting the Finance Manager with VAT reporting

For this role we’re seeking a candidate who possesses at least 12 months of experience gained within a similar environment, either part/fully AAT or qualified by experience. The business is an advocate of modern accounting systems and runs a largely paperless office so candidates should possess a solid understanding of cloud-based systems (Xero) with the aptitude to pick up new ERPs.