Finance Assistant

Peninsula Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share? 25 days holiday?

Job summary

Peninsula Group is seeking a Finance Assistant to support the PBSUK Finance team in preparing commercial financial analysis and monthly management accounts. The role focuses on reconciliation processes, budgeting and forecasting, and providing robust data insights to highlight risks and opportunities.

Flexibility to work across departments within PBSUK Finance Team is required. The role involves assisting in the preparation of management accounts, VAT returns, and various reconciliations, with a

Qualifications

• Finance / Accounting qualification or relevant work experience.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to organise & prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in Excel for data manipulation and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assist in budgeting and forecasting processes with the Finance Director/Financial Controller.
• Prepare management accounts and cost analyses.
• Review ledger staff processing and assist with month-end close.
• Prepare VAT and other regulatory returns for review by Finance Director.
• Produce rolling cash-flow forecasts and intercompany reconciliations.
• Support the Finance Director and Financial Controller with ad-hoc tasks.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Education

Finance / Accounting qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

Salary: £26,000+ dependent on experience

To assist the PBSUK Finance team in preparation of commercial financial analysis and preparation of the monthly management accounts and provide support for the finance team reporting to the Finance Director.

Job Overview

The Finance Assistant will be instrumental in reconciliation processes to provide robust accounts and reporting. They will support the budgeting and forecasting processes, providing data that reflects business activity and highlight areas of risk and opportunity. The role may cover different areas depending on business need / individual development requirements – the Finance Assistant needs to be flexible to pick up work in different departments within the PBSUK Finance Team.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

These may vary depending on the department assigned to and are expected to include.

• Assisting in the budgeting / forecasting process with the Financial Controller / Finance Director
• Assist in the preparation of management accounts.
• Assisting with review of ledger staff processing.
• Assist in the production of monthly regulatory returns, including VAT returns for review by Financial Controller.
• Prepare accruals, prepayments, and fixed asset working papers and reconciliations.
• Produce the intercompany matrix and the monthly intercompany reconciliations.
• Produce nominal reconciliations each month
• Process month end journals
• Produce cost analysis and ensure this is reflected in the commentary.
• Produce rolling cash-flow Forecast.
• Other ad-hoc tasks as required for the Financial Controller and Finance Director

What you Bring to the Team

• Ability to organise & prioritise workload to produce high quality work within deadlines.
• Possess strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrate ownership of own processes to effectively complete and improve
• Ability to organise, manipulate and present large volumes of data using Excel spreadsheets.
• Can work on own initiative and deliver high quality analysis and insight.

Qualifications/Experience

Finance / Accounting qualification or relevant work experience.

Why Join our Team?

We offer a fantastic benefits package including company profit share scheme, discounted membership to various companies, fruit every Wednesday, free fitness class, pension, and 25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off. The business is growing and innovative so there is a real opportunity for progression across the group.