Finance Assistant

NHS; New Lane; Hybrid; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS is looking for a Finance Assistant to support financial tasks such as invoice processing, account reconciliations, and credit control. This temporary position involves a hybrid working arrangement and requires strong communication skills and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and attention to detail required.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Experience with Sage 200 is desirable, full training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Processing purchase invoices and employee expense claims.
• Reconciling supplier statements and credit balances.
• Assisting with audit requests and holiday cover.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Tools

Microsoft Office

Sage 200

Job description

The Finance Assistant role at Akari Care is a temporary position that involves assisting the Purchase Ledger Supervisor with various financial tasks, including invoice and expenses processing, account reconciliations, and credit control. The role is a hybrid working arrangement, with 3 days in the office and 2 days of remote work. The successful candidate will have strong communication skills, attention to detail, and experience with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

Main duties of the job

The Finance Assistant will be responsible for processing and checking the coding of purchase invoices, checking and processing employee expense claims, dealing with purchase ledger queries, reconciling supplier statements, supporting the effective use of procurement software, and assisting with sales ledger tasks such as account reconciliations and credit control. The role will also involve providing holiday cover for other finance staff and assisting with audit requests.

About us

Akari Care is a leading provider of high-quality care services, with a focus on supporting individuals to live independent and fulfilling lives. The organization operates across multiple locations and is committed to delivering exceptional care and support to its clients.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Job Title: Finance Assistant

Salary £25k per annum

Hybrid working 3 days in office 2 WFH

Based at Leeds Support Centre.

Reporting to: Purchase Ledger Supervisor

Job purpose:

Predominantly assisting the Purchase Ledger Supervisor with the day-to-day invoice and expenses processing and coding, using web based procure to pay and invoice capture software, to ensure that invoices are accurately processed in a timely manner, statements are reconciled, and queries resolved, but also assisting the Sales Ledger team with income processing, account reconciliations, credit control debt chasing. We see this role split 3 days Purchase Ledger and 2 days Sales Ledger/Credit Control, but will fluctuate with business needs

Duties and Key Responsibilities:

• Processing and checking of coding of purchase invoices, in a timely manner
• Checking and Processing employee expense claims in line with company policies
• Dealing with purchase ledger queries from external and internal sources ensuring all queries have been followed up within appropriate time scale
• Reconciliation of supplier statements
• Support to Homes to ensure effective use of the procurement software
• Establishing good working relationships with our care homes, internal authorisers, and external suppliers
• Investigative work in Sales Ledger to enable correct account reconciliation
• Reconciliation of credit balances in the debtors ledger
• Holiday cover for other finance staff
• Assisting with Audit requests
• Ad hoc reporting from income processing system/P2P systems
• Any other ad hoc finance duties.

Person Specification:

• Great verbal and written communication skills
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, especially Excel
• Enthusiasm and a desire to learn
• Experience of Sage 200 is desirable, but not essential, as full training will be provided
• Experience of using a web base CRM and invoice processing /Procure to Pay systems (desirable)
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Solid team working skills
• Self-disciplined and efficient, with a flexible and proactive nature.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will have great verbal and written communication skills, a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel. Experience with Sage 200 or web-based CRM and invoice processing/Procure to Pay systems is desirable, but not essential, as full training will be provided. The successful candidate should also be enthusiastic, self-disciplined, efficient, and have a flexible and proactive nature.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.