Finance Assistant

Overview

Are you an organised, detail-driven finance professional looking to grow your career? We are recruiting for a proactive Finance Assistant to join this friendly, supportive Accounts Servicing Team within a well-established rural property management business working across Herefordshire, Shropshire, surrounding counties and Wales. This is a permanent role offering a salary of £28-30k based on experience, working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm (37.5 hours per week) based in their Hereford office on a beautiful client site near Kingstone.

• Managing client sales ledgers, including monthly rent demands, receipting payments and monitoring aged debtors
• Maintaining purchase ledgers, including invoice processing, preparing BACS payments and monitoring aged creditors
• Completing monthly bank reconciliations
• Preparing VAT returns, including Partial Exemption calculations
• Producing monthly management reports, client statements and cashflow analysis
• Preparing annual accounts information to share with clients accountants

• AAT qualified ideally (or actively working towards qualification)
• Strong understanding of VAT and experience with VAT return submission preferred
• Exceptional accuracy, attention to detail and record-keeping
• Competent IT user especially Excel, Word and Outlook, with previous knowledge of accounting software
• Willingness to learn new in-house systems
• Committed to handling clients' financial affairs with absolute confidentiality
• It is essential you have your own transport due to the location of the office

• 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays
• Additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Free on-site parking
• Subsidised travel when working from another office
• Subsidised training and career development opportunities
• A welcoming team environment in a well-established, reputable business

Please Apply Today! If you’re looking for a rewarding finance role with real variety, a supportive team and opportunities to grow, we’d love to hear from you.

Take the next step in your finance career — apply now.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.