Financial Assistant

We’re pleased to be working with a well-established organisation to recruit a Finance Assistant to join a busy and collaborative finance team. This role plays a key part in supporting day to day banking and transactional finance activities, with exposure to a fast-paced and structured environment.

• Generous annual leave
• Immediate start
• City centre based office

• At least 2 years’ experience in a high-volume transactional finance role
• Background in cashiering or bookkeeping is highly desirable
• Experience working within a finance team environment
• Strong working knowledge of MS Excel, Outlook and Teams
• Experience using computerised accounting software
• Exposure to foreign currency transactions (desirable)

• Maintain accurate and complete bank account records
• Process and co-authorise electronic payments within set deadlines
• Post receipts, payments, direct debits and client cash to ledgers
• Prepare, post and print cheques on a daily basis
• Complete daily reconciliations across multiple bank accounts
• Arrange and process foreign currency payments when required
• Move funds between bank accounts to ensure appropriate balances
• Resolve queries with internal teams and external parties
• Manage and monitor a busy finance inbox

• Liaise with colleagues to ensure transactional activity is recorded correctly
• Collaborate with team members to ensure emails and queries are actioned promptly
• Provide cover and support for other members of the finance team
• Communicate with banks and external organisations to resolve issues

• Assist with additional finance or administrative tasks as required
• Support wider finance team projects during peak periods

• Ignore cut-off times