Financial Assistant

ARQ works with growing businesses to provide clear, decision-ready financial insight. We’re looking for a Finance Assistant to join us and play a key role in supporting high-quality finance delivery to our clients.

This is a hands-on role with real responsibility. You’ll work closely with a Finance Manager and the Founders, helping ensure our numbers are accurate, timely, and form a solid foundation for commercial decision-making.

As Finance Assistant, you will:

• Support day-to-day finance delivery for a portfolio of clients
• Perform reconciliations and ensure data accuracy
• Prepare draft monthly management accounts
• Build and maintain supporting schedules for forecasts and cash flow
• Assist with variance analysis and commentary
• Flag issues, anomalies, or risks early and elevate appropriately

You will be expected to take ownership of your work
, not just complete tasks.

• Strong foundations in management accounts and reconciliations
• Good Excel skills and comfort working with Xero and related financial systems
• Logical, structured thinking with high attention to detail
• Willingness to learn, take feedback, and improve outputs quickly
• Comfortable working in a growing, imperfect environment

Experience working with SMEs, startups, or multi-client environments is a plus, but not essential.

We care about creating a place where people can do their best work and feel trusted to make good decisions.

• Salary of £32,000 to £37,000
  , depending on experience
• Performance-related bonus linked to quality of delivery, client retention and reliability
• Flexible working hours, with an emphasis on trust and accountability
• Hybrid working, with time spent in our Lancaster office as required
• Clear development path as the business grows
• Direct exposure to Finance Managers and Founders
• Supportive, people-focused environment with professional development where it adds value

This is an opportunity to accelerate your finance career in a business that values judgement, clarity, and commercial thinking, not just outputs.

Why ARQ?

• Meaningful responsibility from day one
• Exposure to real commercial finance, not just processing
• Clear standards and high expectations
• A team that values clarity, accuracy, and good judgement

For the right person, this is an opportunity to build strong commercial finance skills in a business that takes quality seriously.