Finance Assistant

Parkwood Holdings Limited; Chorley; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental services provider in Chorley is seeking a Finance Assistant to join its Finance Team. The role involves cash and banking reconciliations, assisting management accountants, and financial reporting. Candidates should have excellent communication skills, be detail-oriented, and proficient in IT and Excel. The company offers a competitive salary, health cash plan, pension scheme, and genuine career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee health cash plan

Employee discount portal

Pension scheme

Company sick pay

Genuine career progression

Qualifications

• Strong 'can do' hands on approach.
• Diligent with a strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to work within tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist in cash and banking reconciliation.
• Provide assistance to management accountants at month end.
• Update financial reports as required.
• Assist with budget preparation.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong attention to detail

IT proficiency

Strong Excel/Google skills

Ability to work under tight deadlines

Job description

Finance Assistant

40 Hours Monday - Friday

Salary £12.60 per hour

Hybrid Working

Are you enthusiastic? Are you organised? Do you have an eye for detail?

If you identify with the above, this role was made for you!

At Glendale, we have a great new opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our Finance Team.

And most importantly, you will be joining a company that can offer valuable career prospects and believes in investing in its people.

Who are we?

Glendale, a family owned company since 1989, is a market-leading, technology-focused, respected, environmental services provider. At the forefront of green service provision in the UK Glendale has revenues of over £65m and is proud to say we have been awarded the 2025 Pro Landscape Business Awards Supreme Winner and the BALI Employer Excellence Award Winner for 2025.

Activities throughout the UK include grounds management, arboriculture, landscaping, estate management, vegetation control, woodland management, supply and relocation of plants and semi-mature trees, winter services and the management of sports facilities.

Committed to the environment, Glendale is a Carbon Neutral business that seeks to improve the environment through our activities and go above and beyond to ensure that the planet is not adversely affected by our business. From ensuring local parks and open spaces are maintained to a high standard, to tree safety through our arboricultural teams, to saving mature trees through our Civic Tree business and ensuring sustainable design through our landscape architecture practice. Glendale offered the full range of landscape services from one unique source of professionals.

For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk.

Job Description

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the role involves assisting in all aspects of the finance function; including but not limited to cash and banking reconciliation, processing of journals and managing the sameday payment process both supplier and payroll payments. In addition, the role will involve a number of adhoc duties as and when they occur.

The main duties will include:

• Daily cash and banking reconciliation
• Month end journal calculation & posting, including accruals and prepayments
• Provide assistance to management accountants at month end
• Turnover reconciliation
• Updating financial reports as required
• Assisting with budget preparation
• Assistance with the company contract hire charges
• Process internal invoices to other group companies
• Creating new users and assistance in management of finance system
• Adhoc sameday payments / managing the Amazon/Creditcard account
• Adhoc duties as and when required

Among the personal characteristics sought will be:

• A strong "can do" hands on approach
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Professional approach
• Diligent with a strong attention to detail
• A team player
• Able to work on own initiative and be independent but also be recognised as integral part of the team
• Must be IT proficient
• Strong Excel/google skills are essential
• Enthusiastic and hardworking
• Proven ability to work within tight deadlines and timescales, good time management is essential
• Able to coordinate substantial amounts of information

What can Glendale offer you?

• Competitive salary
• Employee health cash plan
• Employee discount portal - discounts on travel bookings, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending
• Pension scheme
• Company sick pay
• Genuine career progression
• Continuous professional development

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We are proud to be Equal Opportunity employers and are committed to inclusion and diversity.

If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.