Assistant Financial Controller

Future Prospects; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Future Prospects is recruiting an Assistant Financial Controller for a permanent, full‑time role based on the outskirts of Newark. You will report to the Financial Controller and support the FC/FD with monthly accounting, accruals, journals, reconciliations, cash flow, and payroll processing to ensure accurate financial reporting.

Key tasks include maintaining the fixed asset register, posting customer and supplier transactions in Sage, performing credit control activities, and preparing

Qualifications

• Minimum AAT level 4 or equivalent and proven recent experience working in a busy finance team.
• Experience using Sage an advantage or proven work experience on other accounting software.
• Experience in developing spreadsheet reports and dashboards is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly accruals and prepayments schedules.
• Prepare and post journals.
• Carry out periodic bank reconciliations.
• Assist in the preparation of the monthly Management Accounts pack.
• Assist with cash flow forecasting and budgeting.
• Maintain the Fixed Asset Register and post related journals.
• Process, reconcile and file VAT.

Skills

Credit control

Financial reporting

Spreadsheet reporting

Dashboard reporting

Education

AAT level 4

Tools

Sage

Excel

Job description

Assistant Financial Controller

Newark (Outskirts), Full Time, Permanent

c. £35,000 pa

Our market leading Client is looking to recruit a full time, permanent Assistant Financial Controller to join their growing team.

The Role

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Assistant Financial Accountant your responsibility will be to provide all financial administration to the highest standards of accuracy. Your work will help our colleagues across the business to realise the financial reward from their sales and operational efforts, turning orders into income and that with accurate data, the board can make informed decisions around growth and investment. You will work closely with all departments in the business to ensure we deliver excellence to our customers throughout the financial process and build strong relationships to protect our credit position so that we are paid in an accurate and timely fashion.

• Answer all incoming enquiries to the finance team, promptly and professionally.
• Support the Financial Controller and Finance Director as deemed necessary, including with provision of finance information to assist the business.
• Preparing monthly accruals and prepayments schedules.
• Preparing and posting Journals.
• Carry out periodic bank reconciliations.
• Support the FC in the preparation of the monthly Management Accounts pack.
• Assisting with cash flow forecasting & budgeting.
• Maintaining the Fixed Asset Register. Post journals for additions, disposals and monthly depreciation.
• Knowledge of computerised stock and project management systems - maintaining records and posting transactions.
• Report design and presentation of key data to departmental managers and directors.
• Undertaking day-to-day credit control management and collection of customer debt.
• Creating new customer and supplier accounts on Sage and PSA.
• Work to meet your individual and team KPI's to enable the FC to deliver accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Processing Sales orders into Sage.
• Promptly raise Sales Invoices and applications for payments upon completion of work.
• Uploading Invoices onto Customer Portals as required.
• Raising purchase orders in Sage.
• Credit account assessment and processing.
• Inputting supplier invoices, validating nominal coding and matching POD's.
• Processing Bank/Cash Payments & Receipts onto Sage.
• Processing of Credit Card Expenses onto Excel and Sage.
• Processing payments and setting up on our online banking platform.
• Ensure the order book is regularly updated and the importance of invoicing.
• Working to achieve the highest levels of accuracy in your work.
• Preparation and processing of Payroll.
• Processing, reconciling and filing of VAT.

The Candidate

The ideal Assistant Financial Controller will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience using Sage an advantage or proven work experience on other accounting software.
• Experience in developing spreadsheet reports and dashboards is an advantage.
• Minimum AAT level 4 or equivalent and proven recent experience working in a busy finance team. Candidates with extensive experience working within a finance department will also be considered should they not possess formal accounting qualifications.
• Whilst not essential, it would be an advantage to have previous knowledge of CIS & DRC.

The Benefits

• Monday to Friday working pattern.
• Competitive starting salary of c. £35,000 per annum dependent on qualification level and experience.
• Free parking on site.
• Regular training provided.
• Company pension scheme.
• Holiday entitlement of 20 days per annum plus statutory days, rising by 1 day per year, to a maximum of 25, following completion of 2 full years' service.
• Annual, non-contractual bonus for meeting company targets.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Full Christmas shutdown period.
• Friendly team with regular social events.
• Working with a passionate, friendly team of experts.

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy and good luck with your application.