Finance Assistant

Confidential; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is recruiting a Finance Assistant - Regional Support to join a busy finance team in Warwick. You will provide financial and administrative support to the Finance Business Partner team and operational sites, maintaining records, reviewing unit bookwork, and assisting with month-end close.

The role is suited to someone with prior finance administration experience who is organised, numerate and detail-oriented.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance or finance administration role.
• Proficient with Excel and financial systems.
• Experience completing reconciliations and investigating discrepancies.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to handle confidential financial information appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Review unit bookwork to ensure financial information is accurate and complete.
• Identify errors, discrepancies and areas for improvement.
• Work with operational teams to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Maintain accurate financial records, ledgers and databases.
• Complete account reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Resolve or escalate financial exceptions and queries as appropriate.
• Provide administrative and reporting support to the Finance Business Partner team.
• Support operational sites with invoice and billing queries.
• Assist with month-end and year-end close activities.
• Prepare routine financial reports and assist with analysis of trends and variances.
• Support financial reporting transformation projects and process improvements.
• Respond to finance-related queries in a professional and timely manner.
• Complete ad hoc finance and administrative duties as required.

Skills

Numerical skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication skills

Collaboration

Confidentiality handling

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Accounting software

Job description

Role Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant - Regional Support to join a busy Finance team.

The role will provide financial and administrative support to the Finance Business Partner team and operational sites. You will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, reviewing unit bookwork, completing reconciliations, supporting month-end processes and assisting with financial reporting.

This is a varied position suited to someone with previous finance or finance administration experience who is organised, numerate and has excellent attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities

• Review unit bookwork to ensure financial information is accurate and complete.
• Identify errors, discrepancies and areas for improvement.
• Work with operational teams to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Maintain accurate financial records, ledgers and databases.
• Complete account reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Resolve or escalation financial exceptions and queries where appropriate.
• Provide administrative and reporting support to the Finance Business Partner team.
• Support operational sites with invoice and billing queries.
• Assist with month-end and year-end close activities.
• Prepare routine financial reports and assist with analysis of trends and variances.
• Support financial reporting transformation projects and process improvements.
• Respond to finance-related queries in a professional and timely manner.
• Complete ad hoc finance and administrative duties as required.

Skills & Experience

• Previous experience within a finance or finance administration role.
• Strong numerical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience using financial systems or accounting software.
• Experience completing reconciliations and investigating discrepancies.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and work to deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• A proactive and reliable approach to work.
• The ability to work collaboratively with both Finance and operational teams.
• The ability to handle confidential financial information appropriately.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Accurate and detail-focused.
• Organised and reliable.
• Proactive and willing to take ownership.
• Numerate and analytical.
• A confident communicator.
• Collaborative and approachable.
• Comfortable working to deadlines.
• Flexible and willing to support the wider Finance team.

This role is full time office based in Warwick