Finance Assistant

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Finance Assistant in Stockport to manage bank reconciliations, report cash balances, and support treasury operations. The ideal candidate will have a background in finance or treasury, strong data management skills, and proficiency in Excel. The role offers hybrid working, flexible hours, and various employee benefits including a discretionary bonus scheme and enhanced pension contributions.

Benefits

Hybrid working - 3 days in the office

Flexible hours

Discretionary bonus scheme

Enhanced pension contributions

On-site parking

Healthcare schemes

On site wellbeing facilities

Regular company socials

Qualifications

• Experience in transactional accounting, preferably including bank reconciliations.
• Ability to deal with high volumes of numerical data.
• Proficiency in Excel (v lookups & pivot tables).

Responsibilities

• Dealing with high volume bank reconciliations across several hundred accounts.
• Weekly cash balance reporting.
• Inputting payments into banking platforms.

Skills

Finance/Treasury experience

Cash management

Excel proficiency

Data entry skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Sewell Wallis are currently working with a giant in it's field based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. This Finance Assistant role is a great opportunity to join a hugely successful and growing organisation with an opportunity to expand your skill set from transactional accounting into treasury!

If you have experience across transactional accounting, preferably including bank reconciliations - this Finance Assistant role could be a brilliant opportunity to join an organisation with brilliant benefits that offers stability in a role, bonus potential, hybrid working and much more!

What will you be doing?

• Dealing with a high volume of bank reconciliations across several hundred bank accounts (and growing), supported by the Senior Treasury Administrator and assistant accountants.
• Weekly flash reporting of cash balances.
• Inputting payments into online banking platforms and finance systems.
• Preparing internal cash sweeps within finance system.
• Assisting with cash balance reviews and money market deposits to maximise returns on surplus cash.
• Opening and closing of bank accounts and managing all related documentation.
• Assist with bank KYC, mandate updates and user administration.
• Monthly external cash reporting and movement analysis.
• Assisting the Senior Treasury Administrator and corporate accounting team with ad hoc bank postings.

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience within a Finance/Treasury role with experience in cash management and banking.
• Treasury management experience is highly desirable.
• The ability to deal with high volumes of numerical data.
• Proficiency in Excel (v look ups & pivot tables).
• Excellent data entry and organisational skills.

What\'s on offer?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office
• Flexible hours - start and finish times
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Enhanced pension contributions
• On-site parking
• Healthcare schemes
• On site wellbeing facilities
• Regular company socials

Apply for this role below or for more information, contact Hannah Sharp.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.