Finance Assistant

Grandir UK; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented Finance Assistant to support its nurseries and finance team. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work both from home and in the Basingstoke office. You'll be involved in vital financial processes, including managing sales and purchase ledgers, processing invoices, and reconciling bank statements. The company values employee wellbeing and offers a range of benefits, including additional paid holidays, healthcare cashback plans, and career development opportunities. If you're passionate about finance and looking for a supportive work environment, this role could be a great fit for you.

Benefits

Paid holiday for Christmas closure

Career development with funded qualifications

Healthcare cash back plan

Private Medical Insurance

Employee benefits portal

Reward and recognition points

Heavily discounted childcare

Wellbeing Day

24/7 remote GP appointments

'May I Say Thank You' recognition month

Qualifications

• Experience in finance administration and ledger management.
• Ability to process invoices and manage payment queries.

Responsibilities

• Allocate nursery payments and process parent refunds.
• Handle payment queries and send reminders for overdue fees.
• Assist in month-end and year-end tasks.

Skills

Finance Administration

Sales Ledger

Purchase Ledger

Sage 200

Famly

Bank Reconciliation

Credit Card Reconciliation

Education

Relevant Finance Qualification

Tools

Sage 200

Famly

Pleo

Job description

Finance Assistant Required

To provide support to the Nurseries and existing Finance team by participating in Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger activities for our group of companies. You will also provide cover to other team members for any absences and give support to the Finance Ledger Manager as and when required.

Systems currently used are Sage 200 and Famly.

The role is a hybrid role with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our Basingstoke support office.

Join us and enjoy the following:

• Additional paid holiday for Christmas closure to spend with your family and friends.
• Career development, funded qualifications.
• Healthcare cash back plan – claim cash back on medical procedures such as dental care and physiotherapy.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Employee benefits portal, which includes discounts at 100's of online high street stores.
• Reward and recognition points – turn your points into cash through our benefits portal.
• Heavily discounted childcare.
• Wellbeing Day – an extra day off just for you.
• 24/7 remote GP appointments with prescriptions delivered to your home, inclusive of an EAP.
• 'May I Say Thank You' A whole month dedicated to recognising employees' hard work & dedication, including an all-expenses paid awards ceremony.

What will you be doing?

• Allocation of nursery payments
• Process parent refunds
• Dealing with payment queries
• Send out chaser reminder for overdue nursery fees
• Processing invoices in a timely manner
• Credit card reconciliations on Pleo
• Assist in the completion of bank reconciliations including investigating timing differences
• Participate in month end and year end tasks as required and ensure deadlines are met
• Ad hoc tasks as required

Grandir UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and an enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

We are an equal opportunity employer and select staff on merit, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.

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