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Finance Assistant

ERGO Daum Direct General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Heslington

Hybrid

GBP 30,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Join a leading company in the insurance sector as a Finance Assistant. In this role, you will support finance operations by ensuring accurate financial processing, maintaining records, and assisting with various finance activities. The ideal candidate should have experience in accounts payable, bookkeeping, and VAT knowledge along with proficiency in accounting software. This position offers flexible working hours and the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment.

Benefits

Generous pension plan
Enhanced family leave benefits
31 days' annual leave pro rata plus bank holidays
Flexible working hours

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in accounts payable processes and reconciliations.
  • Strong experience with accounting software systems required.
  • Knowledge of VAT/partial exemption VAT is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Manage purchase ledger including requisitions, orders, and invoices.
  • Oversee bank administration and monthly reconciliations.
  • Support the external audit process and participate in month-end activities.

Skills

Accounts payable processes
Bookkeeping
VAT knowledge

Education

Part qualified AAT or equivalent

Tools

Accounting software systems

Job description

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Location: Hybrid, Office based in York, YO10 5DG

Salary: £29,333 per annum

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Benefits

A generous pension plan with USS

Enhanced family leave benefits

31 days' annual leave pro rata, plus bank holidays

Flexible working hours

Remote/Hybrid work

The Role

Advance HE is looking for a Finance Assistant to support our team in the smooth running of our finance operations working to ensure accurate financial processing, records and data maintenance, and in providing valuable support across a variety of finance activities.

As Our Finance Assistant You Will Be Responsible For

Purchase Ledger - requisitions, orders, invoices, staff and non-staff expenses, credit notes, query management and resolution, authorisation, payments and reports, new supplier checks and creation; via the finance system

Bank - administration of bank mandates, processing of bank transactions, updating the finance system, updating cashflows, and the monthly reconciliation of bank accounts

Assets - administration of Advance HE fixed assets including disposals and monthly reconciliations

Travel booking system - provide high quality pro-active support to the organisation in the systems' operations, maintaining accurate coding data, liaising with the provider for additional service and training support where necessary

Month end - journal preparation and input, reconciliations, ledger close downs, reports generation to timelines

Year end - support the external audit process as requested and to timelines

Other - pro-active actioning of enquiries to the various finance inboxes; provide pro-active suggestions and input into continuous improvements for processes, procedures and to providing excellent organisational support; to engage with any projects as allocated by the Finance Operations Manager; to work cross functionally as required with particular emphasis on working with the Finance operations team to ensure appropriate cover of team responsibilities; any other duties commensurate with role.

In order to be successful in this role you must have / be:

Essential

Proven experience in accounts payable processes, bookkeeping and reconciliations,

Strong experience of using accounting software systems,

Experience in maintaining relationships with providers and suppliers over time,

Knowledge of VAT / partial exemption VAT

Desirable

Part qualified AAT and/or equivalent qualification

Experience of accounts receivable

Experience of working with external auditors

Experience of third party travel management systems

Our strategic priorities of: maximising membership impact and value, supporting leadership, management and governance development for transformational change and developing educational excellence for the higher education of the future supports the work of our members and the sector.

Using our expertise and sharing best practice, we work with our network of global associates and partners, and with people, providers and systems around the world to understand contexts and challenges and deliver solutions.

It is our people and the people we help that really make us who we are!

To Apply

If you have the skills and experience required for this role, please click on Apply today to be taken to our site to complete your application.

Advance HE is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background.

No agencies please.

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