Finance Assistant

Trial Balance; Redruth; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Trial Balance is recruiting a Finance Assistant for our Redruth site. The role involves managing the purchase ledger, processing invoices, and supporting period-end analyses.

You will handle supplier setup, BACs runs, and invoicing while ensuring timely payments and accurate data across multiple systems. You will also contribute to bank reconciliations, daily banking for multicurrency accounts, and weekly reporting for central finance.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and organisational skills required.
• Experience handling financial data and reporting.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced accounting environment.

Responsibilities

• Purchase Ledger Management including supplier set up and invoice processing.
• Support period-end with data analysis, provisions and variances.
• Prepare weekly debtor reports and pursue overdue payments.
• Liaise with agency suppliers and reconcile weekly data.
• Manage weekly sales & volume data for Central Finance.
• Process daily banking for multicurrency accounts and reconciliations.
• Raise weekly sales invoices to customers.
• Order stationery and manage monthly orders.
• Collaborate in team meetings and share ideas to support the site.
• Navigate multiple internal systems including finance, stock, and Excel.
• Undertake additional tasks for the wider business as required.

Skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Accounting proficiency

Tools

Excel

Google

Job description

Finance Assistant - Redruth - £22-24,000

Are you an enthusiastic, proactive and well organised finance assistant looking to further your career with a very supportive and well-respected firm? This could be just the role for you…

Trial Balance has been exclusively engaged by one of our long-standing clients, a well-respected FMCG manufacturing business based in Redruth offering excellent in-house training and free on-site parking.

This is a varied and challenging role, which will see you take responsibility for a wide range of duties to include:

• Purchase Ledger Management including new supplier set up, preparing the weekly BACs runs, raising purchase orders, reconciling statements, dealing with supplier queries and invoice processing.
• Supporting the period end function with analysing data, calculating provisions and reporting variances to deadline
• Compiling weekly debtor reports and contacting customers for overdue payments
• Liaising with agency suppliers and exporting weekly agency data to reconcile and report to third parties
• Running and reviewing weekly sales & volume data requirements for Central Finance
• Processing daily banking for multicurrency bank accounts, along with completing weekly bank reconciliations
• Raising sales invoices for customers on a weekly basis
• Organising company stationery and placing monthly orders
• Working to tight deadlines and managing the workload to ensure that tasks are completed in a timely efficient manner
• Engaging in team meetings, bringing your own thoughts and ideas forward to support the wider site
• Navigating efficiently around multiple internal systems including finance, stock, google, Excel
• Undertaking any other tasks in support of the wider business as required

This role will see you interacting with all areas of finance and the wider business, so excellent interpersonal skills will be a must, along with a strong understanding of financial concepts. You will need to be able to demonstrate strong organisational skills, the ability to work in a fast-paced accounting environment, and the ability to quickly pick up new systems.