Finance Assistant

We Are Footprint; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing consultancy in the finance sector is seeking a Finance Assistant to join their Manchester team. This full-time role offers a unique opportunity for early-career professionals to gain practical experience in financial operations, including processing invoices and reconciling accounts. The position involves supporting the finance function within a project-driven business, ensuring accurate financial reporting and smooth cost control in a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• Early in your finance career, eager to gain hands-on experience.
• Ability to support financial operations across multiple projects.
• Strong attention to detail for accurate financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Processing purchase invoices and supplier payments.
• Raising sales invoices and assisting with applications for payment.
• Reconciling bank accounts and supplier statements.

Skills

Financial reporting

Transaction processing

Bank reconciliation

Job description

Finance Assistant

📍 Manchester

💼 Permanent | Full-Time

💰 £25,000 – £30,000 per annum (DOE)

We are recruiting on behalf of a growing consultancy within the construction and built environment sector, seeking a Finance Assistant to join their Manchester-based team.

This is a great opportunity for someone early in their finance career to gain hands-on experience within a project-led business, supporting financial operations across multiple high-value schemes.

Client Overview

Our client is an established consultancy operating across the construction, infrastructure, and property sectors, delivering support services on a range of complex projects throughout the UK. Their work spans commercial developments, public sector schemes, and technically challenging refurbishment and regeneration projects. The business is known for its collaborative culture and long-term project relationships.

The Role

As Finance Assistant, you will support the finance function with day-to-day transactional and administrative tasks, helping to ensure accurate financial reporting and smooth project cost control.

Key Responsibilities

• Processing purchase invoices and supplier payments
• Raising sales invoices and assisting with applications for payment
• Reconciling bank accounts and supplier statements
• Supporting month-end processes a...