Finance Assistant

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.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build your own portfolio of clients and gain valuable experience across a wide range of finance processes. If you’re AAT qualified (or working towards it) and looking for a role with real responsibility and variety, we’d love to hear from you.

As a Finance Assistant, you’ll manage your own client portfolio while working collaboratively within a strong accounts team. Your responsibilities will include:

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

We are really keen to hear from applicants with the following skills and experience:

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

Benefits Offered:

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