Finance Administrator

ExamWorks Investigation Services Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 22,500 - 27,500; Full time

Job summary

ExamWorks Investigation Services Limited in Durham is seeking a Finance Administrator to join a busy finance team. The role covers sales and purchase ledgers, credit control, cash management and management accounts support, with a focus on accuracy and cross-functional collaboration.

You will allocate payments, reconcile accounts, process credits, and assist with month-end activities while maintaining robust controls and Excel reporting. Prior experience and Sage familiarity are valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance administration or accounts support.
• Experience with credit control and reconciliations.
• Strong Excel and financial systems knowledge (Sage advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Allocate and reconcile customer payments.
• Process customer credits and discounts.
• Assist with customer account queries.
• Complete month-end reconciliations.
• Import and verify financial data in systems.
• Maintain Excel-based financial reports.

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Organised

Tools

Sage

Job description

Houghton le Spring , Durham Permanent Jul 31, 2026

Finance Administrator

Durham (Office Based)
£25,000 per annum ? Full-Time | Permanent

Are you a detail-oriented finance professional looking to build your career within a supportive and fast-paced environment?

We are seeking a Finance Administrator to join our busy Finance team in Durham. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong administrative and financial processing skills who enjoys working across multiple areas of finance, including sales ledger, purchase ledger, credit control, cash management, and management accounts support.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Allocating and reconciling customer payments
• Processing customer credits and discounts
• Assisting with customer account queries
• Completing month-end reconciliations
• Importing and checking financial data
• Maintaining Excel-based financial reports

Credit Control

• Liaising with solicitors regarding outstanding balances and payments
• Sending copy invoices and payment updates
• Investigating fee waiver requests and cost queries
• Ensuring prompt collection of outstanding debt
• Processing supplier payments and reconciliations
• Matching, coding and posting invoices
• Managing company expenses and overhead payments
• Supporting month-end activities

Cash Management

• Daily bank reconciliations
• Petty cash reconciliations and postings within Sage
• Maintaining robust financial controls

Management Accounts

• Assisting with the preparation of monthly management accounts

What We're Looking For:

Previous experience in a finance administration, finance assistant, accounts assistant, or similar role

Experience working with:

• Credit Control
• Reconciliations

Strong Excel skills and confidence working with financial systems (Sage experience is advantageous)

Excellent attention to detail with a high level of accuracy

Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Organised, proactive and capable of managing a varied workload

Why Join Us?

• Stable and growing business
• Varied role with exposure to multiple finance functions
• Supportive team environment
• Opportunity to develop your finance knowledge and skills