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Finance Assistant

Pro Talent

Brighton

On-site

GBP 23,000 - 25,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

Join a rapidly growing accountancy firm as a Finance Assistant in Brighton! In this full-time role, you will play a vital part in maintaining financial records, processing invoices, and assisting with monthly management accounts. This position offers a supportive environment where you can develop your skills and potentially complete your AAT qualification. With a competitive salary and flexibility for work-life balance, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in finance while contributing to a dynamic team. If you have a keen eye for detail and a passion for numbers, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

  • Good attention to detail and organizational skills are essential.
  • Comfortable with IT, especially Excel, with training provided on software.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain purchase and sales ledgers, processing invoices and reconciling accounts.
  • Prepare monthly management accounts and assist with VAT Returns.

Skills

Attention to detail
Excel
Bookkeeping
Communication skills
Organizational skills
Prioritization
Accounts experience

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

Bookkeeping software

Job description

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to join our clients Finance team, based in Brighton on a permanent basis and would love you to start as soon as possible.

The fastest growing accountancy firm in Sussex, with multiple offices looking after thousands of businesses and individuals across the county, providing the full array of specialist accountancy, taxation, payroll, advisory and financial planning services.

This back-office role is full time, with a salary of £23,000-25,000 per annum depending on experience, and the potential to complete AAT qualification.

Although this is advertised as a full-time vacancy, we are happy to be flexible and would consider anyone who needs to work around caring responsibilities etc.

Responsibilities

  • Maintaining the purchase ledger including processing invoices onto our bookkeeping software, reconciling supplier accounts and creating payment runs.
  • Maintaining the sales ledger including allocating sales receipts to the correct invoices and reconciling the Fees at month end.
  • Bookkeeping including bank reconciliations.
  • Preparation of monthly management accounts and assist with month end reporting.
  • Drafting VAT Returns.
  • Liaising with internal managers, partners, suppliers and Head of Finance.
  • Other ad-hoc tasks.

About you

Our ideal candidate for this role will:

  • Have good attention to detail.
  • Be comfortable with IT including Excel. Training will be given on our bookkeeping and accounting software.
  • Have the ability to prioritise.
  • Good organisation skills.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Previous accounts experience is desirable.

Don’t meet all of the criteria for the role? Don’t worry - we’d love to hear from you!

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