Finance Assistant - Fixed Term Contract

Cambridge Design Partnership; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking a Finance Assistant for maternity cover. This role focuses on credit control and accounts management, offering full-time or part-time options. Ideal for candidates eager to grow in a collaborative environment with potential for a permanent position.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in finance, ideally in credit control, accounts receivable, or accounts payable.
• Experience in a consultancy or project-based environment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Proactively follow up on outstanding customer invoices.
• Manage supplier invoices and ensure timely processing.
• Assist with general finance tasks such as reconciliations.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Customer Service

Collaboration

Education

AAT Student

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SAP

Ariba

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking a Finance Assistant to join our expanding team on a fixed-term maternity cover basis, primarily focusing on credit control and providing broader support across accounts receivable and payable.

This position is ideal for someone with finance experience eager to develop their skills in a dynamic, collaborative consultancy environment.

There is potential for a permanent role after maternity leave for a motivated candidate, as our business continues to grow and evolve.

We offer flexibility: a full-time Finance Assistant role or a part-time Credit Controller position, depending on your preferences.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

1. Credit Control
2. Proactively follow up on outstanding customer invoices to ensure timely collections.
3. Generate and distribute weekly aged debt reports for sector and project leaders.
4. Reconcile incoming payments and maintain accurate customer accounts.
5. Accounts Receivable
6. Maintain and update the weekly invoice schedule, liaising with project leaders.
7. Prepare and issue invoices accurately and on time.
8. Allocate customer payments and reconcile accounts to maintain accurate financial records.
9. Accounts Payable
10. Manage supplier invoices, ensuring accuracy and timely processing.
11. Allocate customer payments and reconcile bank accounts to maintain up-to-date records.
12. Prepare and process payment runs efficiently.
13. Process staff expense claims in line with company policies.
14. Handle and reconcile credit card transactions to ensure accurate reporting.
15. Finance & Legal Support
16. Assist with general finance tasks such as bank and balance sheet reconciliations.
17. Provide cover for team members during holidays to ensure smooth operations.
18. Support the legal team with administrative tasks as required.
19. Handle additional ad hoc duties to support the finance and legal functions.

About You

• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Excellent communication skills for liaising externally with customers and suppliers and internally with sales and technical staff.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel; SAP experience a plus.
• Knowledge of customer accounts payable platforms such as Ariba would be an advantage.
• Comfortable working to deadlines and managing multiple priorities.
• Positive, proactive, and professional customer service attitude.
• Collaborative team player.
• Demonstrable experience in finance – ideally across credit control, accounts receivable, or accounts payable.
• Experience working in a consultancy, project-based, or professional services environment is advantageous.
• AAT student or working towards a finance qualification is desirable but not required.

About Us

Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) is an end-to-end innovation partner, propelling global brands and ambitious start-ups to success. We build breakthrough products and services – from insight to ideas, prototypes to production – bringing innovation to life. Our teams are multi-disciplinary, uniting scientific rigor, design ingenuity, and engineering excellence for consumer, healthcare, and industrial clients.

People-centred, deeply collaborative, and – above all – expert, we’re uniquely positioned to shape the future for consumers, patients, and industry. Our ownership model is innovative: We’re 100% owned by our employees, ensuring an open culture and a total commitment to our projects’ success.

Founded in 1996, CDP is a £30m revenue, 200-person business with locations in Cambridge UK and Raleigh NC.

Closing date for applications is Friday, 16th May 2025.