Finance Assistant

Trial Balance Consulting; Penzance; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant with a reputable hospitality services organisation in Penzance. This hybrid role involves bookkeeping, financial management, and effective collaboration with the Finance Manager. Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience and strong IT skills, particularly in MS Excel and Sage systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in bookkeeping and financial management.
• Qualified or part-qualified AAT candidates welcome.
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel and Sage.

Responsibilities

• Assist Finance Manager with financial reporting and management accounts.
• Manage accounts payable and liaise with suppliers.
• Perform bank reconciliations and handle payroll data.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Excellent IT skills

Bookkeeping

Education

AAT Qualified

QBE

Tools

MS Excel

Sage

Job description

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Finance Assistant - Penzance / Hybrid - £21,500 - £26,000

*Please note that this role can be performed on either a full or a part time working arrangement, details below*

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been exclusively engaged by a well-established and highly reputable hospitality services organisation who seek to recruit an experienced Finance Assistant to support their Finance Manager (also introduced by Trial Balance Consulting). This is a permanent contract that can be operated as either a full time (5 days p/w), or part time (4 days p/w) basis. The organisation offers the potential for hybrid remote working to suit both sides.

This will be a broad and interesting role where the successful candidate will closely to support an experienced Finance Manager, managing the financial health of bustling organisation that operates across multiple sites in west Cornwall. The role focusses on carrying out the bookkeeping for the organisation, as well as heading up a number of transactional procedures. Key responsibilities to include:

- Assist the Finance Manager in ensuring accurate financial information and producing management accounts and associated reports

- Management of the accounts payable function to include liaison with key suppliers and producing payment runs

- Bank reconciliations

- Cash handling and banking

- Collating payroll data for external bureau

- Assist in the preparation of statutory accounts, budgets and VAT reports

For this role our client is more focussed on sound vocational experience than the qualification, so application welcome from part/fully AAT qualified and those that consider themselves to be QBE. The role would be particularly well suited to a bookkeeper with end-to-end experience, ideally gained within a small services business or not for profit environment. Good all round IT experience essential, particularly in MS Excel and ideally using Sage cloud based systems. The role works as part of a passionate and energetic head off ice team with a string desire to see the organisation thrive; great communication and team working skills essential.

For further details and to apply, please contact Dan Saunders quoting reference DS8502 ASAP.