Finance Assistant

Inenco Group; Lytham St Annes; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading sustainable energy specialist committed to reducing carbon footprints. As a Finance Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the financial function, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in reporting. This position offers a hybrid working model, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life effectively. You will work collaboratively with colleagues, leveraging your organizational and communication skills to enhance service delivery. If you're detail-oriented and proactive, this role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to sustainability while advancing your finance career.

Benefits

Enhanced paternity leave

Enhanced maternity leave

Colleague leave policies

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of financial processes and systems.
• Strong attention to detail and proactive in suggesting improvements.

Responsibilities

• Support cash collection, credit control, and Purchase Ledger processing.
• Assist with sales billing and other finance tasks as required.

Skills

Financial Processes

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Microsoft Excel

Tools

Finance Systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sustainable Energy First Lytham St. Annes, United Kingdom - Finance

Company Description

Sustainable Energy First is a leading sustainable energy and utilities specialist. As a certified B Corporation with a strong commitment to sustainability, we focus on reducing the carbon footprint of our clients, who account for 3.5% of UK business power consumption. Our goal is to eradicate 327,000 tonnes CO2e by 2028 – the equivalent of taking 73,000 cars off the road.

Position

As a Finance Assistant, you will support all areas of the financial function to deliver timely and accurate results on a monthly basis. Your responsibilities include cash collection, credit control on allocated customers, Purchase Ledger processing, sales billing, and assisting with other finance tasks as required. The role requires attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and good interpersonal and communication skills to effectively resolve matters with both customers and suppliers.

Requirements

• Good working knowledge of financial processes.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and maintain control over your workload.
• Strong attention to detail, proactive in suggesting process improvements, and open to supporting change.
• Effective communication via phone or email, selecting the appropriate method based on the issue.
• Supportive attitude towards colleagues to ensure consistent delivery of excellent service.
• Proficiency in finance systems and Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel for data summarization and analysis.

Other Information

Hybrid and Flexible Working: You must be able to commute to our Lytham office 2 days per week.

Benefits: Enhanced paternity, maternity, and colleague leave policies.