Hybrid Finance Assistant

at LRG

• Job title: Finance Assistant
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Camberley, United Kingdom

About the role

• Finance Assistant in a dynamic Finance Team handling invoices and supplier queries. Collaborating with Finance Managers for accurate ledger reporting and financial operations.

Responsibilities

• Working as part of a dynamic Finance Team, this role will be responsible timely for processing invoices, bank postings and credit cards and making BACS payments with the correct approvals.
• Maintaining internal controls using PO’s, accurate coding and authorisation sign offs.
• Answering and resolving supplier queries in a timely manner.
• Ensuring timely processing of invoices to enable accurate reporting of Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and Bank Balances feeding into the management accounts and ad-hoc requests relating to costs to support the Finance Managers and Management Accountants.
• Ensure all purchase ledger accounts are accurate and updated on system
• Accurate and timely recording of all supplier invoices, bank transactions and credit card costs
• Ensure all costs are properly authorised by the relevant party prior to payment
• Ensure all credit card statements are authorised and posted on system on a monthly basis
• Ensure accurate and timely payment of all suppliers and expenses
• Bank reconciliations
• Ensure daily banking of all cheques and obtaining petty cash when instructed
• Ensure all purchase orders are processed through Medius, identifying/escalating any non-compliant invoices
• Resolving any issues with Purchase Orders, working collaboratively with departments to ensure correct sign off & procedures are followed
• Request and reconcile supplier statements on a regular basis
• Run Aged Creditors report – flag any credits and severely overdue invoices and identify missing invoices
• Set up & Maintenance of Supplier accounts, including regular reconciliations
• Dealing with supplier queries
• Compile information for external auditors as and when required
• Update of bank cash reporting and intercompany transfers when required
• Regular Aged Creditors Reports, Monthly Cost Analysis and other ad hoc as required

Requirements

• Proactive & inquisitive mind - enjoys finding ways to improve processes and enhance efficiencies and accuracy
• Ability to collaborate across the department/group.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Able to plan and prioritise.
• Excellent IT skills - Experience of Microsoft suite of products, Word, Excel etc. (to include Pivot tables, Lookups, and Sumif(s) formulas).
• Attention to detail.
• Able to communicate at all levels
• Experience of Microsoft D365
• Experience of Medius AP Automation & Procurement
• Knowledge of property market and associated services
• Experience of multi-site businesses with high volumes of data and cost centres
• In progress with AAT / ACCA qualification

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• Quarterly and yearly awards
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Generous Holiday allowance, increasing by 1 day per year based on service with the option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year