Finance Assistant

Gill Cooke Personnel Ltd T/A The Recruitment Group; Stafford; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Office-based role

Finance environment experience

Possibility to gain more accounting–or

Job summary

Gill Cooke Personnel Ltd T/A The Recruitment Group seeks a Temporary Finance Assistant in Burton-on-Trent. The role supports a small finance team, mainly focusing on accounts payable in a structured, process-driven environment.

Ideal candidates are highly organised with excellent attention to detail and can manage a high volume of invoices using standard IT systems. Fully office-based with regular hours.

Qualifications

• Experience in accounts payable or finance administration.
• Ability to follow procedures and work accurately with repetitive tasks.
• Comfortable handling a high volume of invoices and supplier queries.

Responsibilities

• Process a high volume of purchase invoices accurately and efficiently.
• Process credit notes and manage creditor ledgers.
• Allocate payments and maintain supplier records.
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies.
• Support month-end processes and general finance administration.

Skills

High-volume processing

Accounts payable

Attention to detail

Organised

IT systems proficiency

Education

AAT qualification or equivalent

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Temporary Finance Assistant

Location: Burton-on-Trent Fully office based
Pay: £13.50 per hour
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Working hours: Monday Thursday 8:30am 5:00pm, Friday 8:30am 4:30pm
Contract: Temporary

About the Role

We are currently recruiting for a Temporary Finance Assistant to join a small and friendly finance team based in Burton-on-Trent.

This is a fully office-based role supporting the day-to-day Accounts Payable function. The position would suit someone who enjoys working in a structured environment, is highly organised and has excellent attention to detail.

The role is very process-driven, with a significant amount of transactional work, so being comfortable working accurately with repetitive tasks and a high volume of invoices is important.

You will work as part of a small finance team and will be responsible for ensuring invoices, supplier accounts and financial administration are processed accurately and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Processing a high volume of purchase invoices accurately and efficiently
• Processing credit notes through the relevant systems for approval
• Managing and maintaining creditor ledgers
• Allocating incoming payments and maintaining accurate financial records
• Monitoring and managing a shared finance mailbox, including invoice and document administration
• Reconciling supplier statements and investigating any discrepancies
• Setting up new supplier accounts and liaising with relevant internal teams to ensure information is accurate
• Responding to supplier queries and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner
• Identifying recurring issues and helping to prevent them from happening again
• Uploading invoices to customer portals where required
• Updating customer and supplier portals
• Providing support with month-end processes when required
• Completing general finance administration and other ad hoc tasks as needed

About You

We are looking for someone who is:

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable processing a high volume of information accurately
• Confident using IT systems and able to learn new software and processes quickly
• Able to follow established procedures and work consistently
• A good communicator with the ability to work effectively with different stakeholders
• Able to prioritise workloads and work to deadlines
• Comfortable working independently and using their own initiative
• Reliable, flexible and happy working within a small team environment

Previous experience in accounts, finance administration or a similar role would be desirable, although relevant transferable experience will also be considered.

A good understanding of accounts payable and basic accounting terminology would be advantageous.

An AAT qualification or equivalent experience would be beneficial but is not essential.

What's on Offer?

• £13.50 per hour
• 37.5 hours per week
• Monday Thursday 8:30am 5:00pm
• Friday 8:30am 4:30pm
• Fully office-based in Burton-on-Trent
• Opportunity to gain further experience within a finance environment