Finance Assistant

Bellway Homes Ltd; Braunstone Town; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK house builder is seeking a Finance Assistant to join their Finance team in Braunstone Town. The role involves supporting accurate financial transactions and maintaining accounting records. Candidates should have prior experience in finance, good IT skills, and relevant qualifications such as GCSE maths and English. The position offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, pension scheme, and additional benefits. This is an office-based role requiring flexibility and strong organizational skills.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Competitive annual bonus

Contributory pension scheme

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Access to discounts and benefits portal

ShareSave Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life assurance

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Earn and Learn Opportunities

Qualifications

• Preferably experienced in a similar finance role.
• Familiarity with accountancy software is essential.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in financial transactions and reports.
• Process invoices and manage purchase ledgers.
• Conduct month-end payment runs.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills

Excellent organisation skills

Attention to detail

Proficient IT skills

Ability to work under deadlines

Education

GCSE Maths and English - Grade 4/C or above

AAT qualification

Tools

COINS

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. Our East Midlands Division located in Leicester is looking to recruit a Finance Assistant to join the Division’s Finance team.

The Role

The role of Finance Assistant involves assisting in the production of accurate and timely financial transactions and reports in addition to maintaining the business’s accounting records. This will include purchase ledger duties, and ad hoc tasks within the finance department.

Principal accountabilities of the Finance Assistant role include:

• Assist with other purchase ledger duties, including;
• Processing invoices against orders
• Processing divisional expenses
• Managing delivery notes from site
• Managing invoices for approval
• Carry out monthly statement reconciliations
• Carry out mid‑month and month end payment runs, ensuring compliance with the Prompt Payment Code
• Process sub‑contractor invoices and certifications (self‑billing) and set up and verify new sub‑contractors with HMRC
• Processing House sales journals and cancellations
• Collating data for lunar payroll (if applicable)
• Set up and process payments, post nominal ledger journals as necessary, cashbook entries, sales invoices, manage the sales ledger, reconcile sales receipts and conduct bank reconciliations
• Weekly cash forecast and movement reports
• Provide cover for critical tasks during leave periods and other ad‑hoc tasks within the finance department
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks as directed by the Divisional and Group Finance Management Teams.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

• Experience of working within a similar role will be preferred
• Experience of working with accountancy software.
• Working knowledge of COINS would be desirable

Qualifications and Training

• GCSE Maths and English – Grade 4/C or above (or equivalent)
• AAT qualification is desirable

Skills and Aptitude

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisation and administration skills, including good attention to detail
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
• Works effectively to deadlines and competently works on multiple tasks simultaneously
• Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) and the ability to adapt to new systems
• Committed to diversity and inclusion

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked
• Office based role
• Please note this role is subject to a basic DBS and financial pre‑employment checks

In return we can offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Earn and Learn Opportunities

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.