Finance Assistant

Pertemps Redditch Commercial; Redditch; Presencial; GBP 26.000 - 32.000; Jornada completa

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Competitive salary

Full-time hours 8:00–16:30

Growing organisation

Supportive finance team

Descripción de la vacante

Pertemps Redditch Commercial is seeking a Finance Assistant on a full-time maternity cover based in Redditch. The role centers on processing weekly labour payments for ~500 operatives and managing subcontractor costs within a busy civil engineering and groundworks business.

You will support month-end activities, ensure accurate payment submissions, reconciliations and maintain operative records. The ideal candidate is organised, numerate, detail-focused with strong Excel skills and the ability

Formación

• Experience within a finance, accounts or financial administration role.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience working with high-volume data and reconciliations.
• Good Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets.
• Ability to work accurately to strict weekly deadlines.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• A methodical approach to financial processes and record keeping.

Responsabilidades

• Processing weekly timesheet information for approximately 500 operatives through the company's workforce management system.
• Validating attendance records, working hours, site allocations and pay rates.
• Calculating authorised overtime, weekend payments and approved payment adjustments.
• Investigating discrepancies, missing information and payment queries.
• Preparing weekly payment submissions for the company's external employment agency.
• Maintaining accurate operative records and ensuring all amendments are properly authorised.
• Posting labour costs to the ERP system and allocating costs to the correct contracts and projects.
• Reconciling payment reports and investigating any variances.
• Reviewing subcontractor invoices and ensuring charges are accurate and appropriately supported.
• Supporting month-end activities, labour cost reconciliations and continuous process improvements.

Conocimientos

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

High-volume data

Excel

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication

Educación

AAT studies

Herramientas

ERP systems

Accounting software

Descripción del empleo

This Finance Assistant position in Redditch is a full-time maternity cover contract running until July 2027, offering a salary of circa £29,000 pro rata. Working Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, the successful candidate will join a busy finance function within a civil engineering and groundworks business. Core duties centre on processing weekly labour payments for roughly 500 operatives across multiple construction projects, alongside managing subcontractor costs and contract-related financial information. Applicants should be organised, detail-focused and comfortable handling high volumes of payment records. Strong accuracy, numeracy and reconciliation skills are essential, together with the ability to meet strict weekly deadlines. This role suits a finance professional seeking to develop their career within a growing organisation.

Finance Assistant- Maternity Cover ( until July 2027) Salary: Circa £29,000 Pro rata Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Location: Redditch We are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a busy and growing finance team based in Redditch. This is an excellent opportunity for an organised and detail-focused finance professional looking to develop their career within a successful civil engineering and groundworks business. The role plays a critical part in ensuring the accurate processing of weekly labour payments, subcontractor costs and contract-related financial information.

Responsibilities

• Processing weekly timesheet information for approximately 500 operatives through the company's workforce management system.
• Validating attendance records, working hours, site allocations and pay rates.
• Calculating authorised overtime, weekend payments and approved payment adjustments.
• Investigating discrepancies, missing information and payment queries.
• Preparing weekly payment submissions for the company's external employment agency.
• Maintaining accurate operative records and ensuring all amendments are properly authorised.
• Posting labour costs to the ERP system and allocating costs to the correct contracts and projects.
• Reconciling payment reports and investigating any variances.
• Reviewing subcontractor invoices and ensuring charges are accurate and appropriately supported.
• Supporting month-end activities, labour cost reconciliations and continuous process improvements.

Requirements

• Previous experience within a finance, accounts or financial administration role.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience working with high-volume data and reconciliations.
• Good Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets.
• The ability to work accurately to strict weekly deadlines.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• A methodical approach to financial processes and record keeping.

Desirable Experience

• Experience processing timesheets, payroll inputs or labour payments.
• Experience using ERP or accounting systems.
• AAT studies or a finance-related qualification.

In return the Finance Assistant role can expect to receive:

Benefits

• Competitive salary of circa £29,000
• Full-time hours of 8:00am - 4:30pm
• Opportunity to join a well-established and growing organisation
• Supportive finance team environment