Finance Assistant

Interaction Recruitment; Greater Lincolnshire; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Interaction Recruitment is seeking a full-time Finance Assistant to provide essential administrative and clerical support to the Finance Department. The role focuses on posting invoices, managing the purchase ledger, and ensuring accurate accounting records.

The ideal candidate will be organised, detail-oriented and comfortable handling financial information with accuracy. A collaborative team environment and steady workload are offered with a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Strong numerical ability and accuracy with figures.
• Good organisational and time-management skills.
• Clear written and spoken communication for finance coordination.

Responsibilities

• Post supplier invoices to the Purchase Ledger.
• Raise supplier payments following approvals by management.
• Allocate supplier payments to the Purchase Ledger.
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving discrepancies.
• Maintain supplier records, terms and account details.
• Match Works Orders to Sales Orders.
• Allocate customer receipts to outstanding invoices.
• Maintain customer records, including credit terms.
• Provide general Sales and Purchase Ledger support.
• Answer calls and forward messages for the Finance Department.
• Process incoming post to the appropriate staff.
• Monitor the Finance inbox and respond to queries.
• Provide general administrative support to the Finance Department.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Numerical proficiency

Communication skills

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for a full-time, permanent Finance Assistant to provide administrative and clerical support to the Finance Department.

Key Responsibilities

• Posting supplier invoices accurately to the Purchase Ledger.
• Raising supplier payments in accordance with payments agreed and authorised by the Senior Management Team.
• Allocating supplier payments to the Purchase Ledger.
• Reconciling supplier statements and investigating any discrepancies.
• Maintaining accurate supplier records, including agreed credit terms and account information.
• Matching completed Works Orders to the relevant Sales Orders.
• Allocating customer receipts against outstanding Sales Invoices.
• Maintaining accurate customer records, including credit terms and credit limits.
• Providing general Sales and Purchase Ledger administrative support.
• Answering incoming telephone calls to the Finance Department and taking or forwarding messages as appropriate.
• Receiving and distributing incoming post to the appropriate person or department.
• Monitoring the Finance Department's Accounts inbox and responding to general queries.
• Providing general administrative and clerical support to the Finance Department as required.

The successful candidate will be organised, accurate and comfortable working with financial information, with good attention to detail and the ability to manage a varied administrative workload.

In return our client can offer a competitive salary, great team environment and working facilities