Accounts Assistant

Chetwood Bank; Wrexham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services provider located in Wrexham is seeking an Accounts Assistant to provide processing and administrative support to the finance function. Responsibilities include managing bank reconciliations, processing payments, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. The ideal candidate should possess strong finance and accounting knowledge, good excel skills, and a proactive mindset for continuous improvement. This role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days holiday PLUS your BIRTHDAY off

Pension contribution with Royal London

Life Assurance

Private medical, dental, and optical health insurance with Axa

Free breakfast available

Qualifications

• Strong finance and accounting knowledge.
• Good excel skills necessary.
• Experience in financial services or legal services would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Perform high volume bank reconciliations within SLA's.
• Maintain accurate cash management processes.
• Process daily contractual payments and operational customer returns.

Skills

Strong finance and accounting knowledge

Good excel skills

Continuous improvement mindset

Strong communication and presentation skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Job description

Overview

Accounts Assistant

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Wrexham

Reporting To: Danielle Thomas

Description

Reporting to the Finance Operations Manager, the Accounts Assistant will be the processing and administrative support to the finance function of the bank, with involvement in various monthly accounting processes including the daily processing of payments and reconciliation of the company's bank accounts, posting of complex general journals and assisting with the reconciliation of balance sheet accounts in the trial balance enabling a swift and efficient month end close process and monitoring operational controls.

You will be an integral part of the Finance Operations team ensuring compliance with Financial Services regulatory requirements.

A can-do attitude with a keen eye for detail and a continuous improvement mindset is a must, Chetwood has a multi-product balance sheet, every day is varied and all suggestions are welcomed. We're looking for someone who can identify inefficiencies, challenge the way we do things and assist the team to design improved processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring high volume bank reconciliations are performed within regulated and agreed SLA's, and that accurate record keeping is in place.
• Assisting in maintaining up to date and accurate cash management processes to ensure adequate business account funding.
• Banking of customer cheques and liaising with appropriate teams for swift allocation of receipts.
• Managing and ensuring swift resolution of any unreconciled transactions, including the monitoring of suspense accounts.
• Processing of daily contractual payments and operational customer returns.
• Reconciliation and substantiation of various balance sheet accounts, working to ensure external support of balances wherever possible.
• Assisting the team with external and internal audit requests, ensuring deliverables are provided in a timely fashion.
• Understanding the roles of colleagues in all areas of Financial Operations, recognising the end-to-end processing of transactions to be able to work flexibly and deal with, or refer queries in a timely manner.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong finance and accounting knowledge.
• Good excel skills necessary.
• Continuous improvement mindset, proactive in looking for better ways to do things, unafraid to challenge the status quo.
• Comfortable working autonomously and adept at both managing and adapting the prioritisation of tasks.
• Self-motivator with strong planning and organisational skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to clearly explain the 'why'.
• Experience in financial services or legal services would be an advantage.
• Experience in external audit would be an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday PLUS your BIRTHDAY off
• Pension contribution with Royal London
• Life Assurance
• Private medical, dental and optical health insurance with Axa
• Hybrid working - Wrexham
• Free breakfast available