Finance Assistant

Are you an experienced Finance Assistant looking for a part-time role where you can apply your skills and contribute to impactful projects? This is a perfect opportunity to support a start-up at a really exciting time.

Please note, this is a temporary position paid on a weekly PAYE basis and will require a quick start, notice periods cannot be accommodated.

The working hours are:
Monday and Tuesday each week, 8 hours per day, 9am-5:30pm with an unpaid lunch break.

• Performing bank reconciliations, journal entries, and accruals
• Supporting VAT return submissions, management accounts, and grant reporting
• Processing supplier and subcontractor invoices, resolving any queries professionally
• Preparing and managing supplier payment runs, including remittances
• Raising purchase orders and maintaining ledgers efficiently
• Setting up and maintaining supplier accounts, liaising to resolve queries swiftly
• Providing general finance administration and reporting support

• Up to £18.27 per hour plus holiday pay
• 16 hours per week, Monday and Tuesday, 9am to 5:30pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break
• Fully office-based with parking available on site

Our client is a small but ambitious start-up in South Oxfordshire.

• Proven experience in a similar finance role, with expert transactional accounting skills
• Strong proficiency in MS Office, especially MS Excel
• Confident using Xero
• Good understanding of accounting principles and VAT procedures
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills
• Capable of working independently and within a team
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to liaise professionally with suppliers and external stakeholders

Based in South Oxfordshire with parking on site. This is a fully office-based role.