Accounts Assistant

Agility Resoucing; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing Service Company seeks a Finance Analyst for their Preston office. This permanent role involves financial forecasting, data analysis, and strong Excel use. Ideal candidates will be strong in analytical skills, and possess a good work ethic to thrive in a dynamic team.

Benefits

On-site parking

Built-in benefits

Qualifications

• Demonstrate the ability to build strong relationships quickly.
• Possess strong analytical skills.
• Advanced user of MS Excel is a must.

Responsibilities

• Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking.
• Analyse financial data and create financial models.
• Work closely with the accounting team for accurate financial reporting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numeric skills

Excel

Education

Strong academic achievement

Job description

A large rapidly growing Service Company are looking to recruit a tenacious, driven Finance Analyst to work on a permanent basis from their head office in Preston, Lancashire. The role is within their Finance team and along with analytic knowledge you will also have experience with transactional Finance duties, potential leading to the more technical skill set of a Management Accountant.

The Role:

• Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking
• Analyse financial data and create financial models for decision support
• Analyse past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements
• Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting
• Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards
• Managing Sales and Purchase Ledgers
• Bank Reconciliations and balance sheets
• VAT and other finance duties

What do you need

• As a strong Finance Analyst / Account Assistant you will demonstrate the ability to build strong sustainable relationships quickly.
• Strong academic achiever.
• Possess strong analytical skills.
• Advanced user of MS Excel is a must
• Strong numeric skills

Working for us

Team fit is crucial for the successful candidate to work with in this lean, busy team who will offer some training, the right candidate will have a good attitude, strong work ethic and motivation and tenacity is key!

They offer a number of benefits including on site parking and other built in benefits.

If you are an experienced Finance Analyst with good transactional knowledge and excellent EXCEL skills, looking for a progressive role and have the existing relevant experience required, please apply with your updated CV and a current contact number.

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