Finance Operations Assistant

Chetwood Bank; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Birthday off

Pension contribution (Royal London)

Life Assurance

Private medical

Dental insurance

Optical health insurance (Axa)

Free breakfast

Job summary

Chetwood Bank in the UK is looking for a Finance Operations Assistant to support reconciliations, invoice processing, accounting administration and balance sheet controls. You will report to the Finance Operations Manager and work across savings and bank accounts, contributing to accurate financial records and robust controls in a growing, regulated financial services business.

You’ll learn through hands-on experience with month-end close activities, management reporting, and end-to-end finance

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English at grade 4/C or equivalent.
• Currently studying towards an AAT qualification or experience in finance.
• Previous finance, administration or office-based work experience.
• AAT studies already commenced.

Responsibilities

• Own and perform daily reconciliations of savings accounts, bank accounts, and related systems.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items and suspense balances.
• Process specialist savings transactions accurately and in line with regulations and internal policies.
• Review and improve savings reconciliation processes for accuracy and efficiency.
• Support resolution of customer account queries related to savings.
• Maintain records of cash movements and balances.
• Assist with month-end close activities and routine accounting processes.
• Assist with preparation of management information and reporting.

Skills

GCSE Maths and English

AAT studies

Finance administration

Data entry accuracy

Education

GCSE Maths and English

Tools

AAT qualification

Job description

We’re a UK-based digital bank dedicated to getting the basics right and offering straightforward savings and mortgages.

As a Finance Operations Assistant you'll be Reporting to the Finance Operations Manager in supporting a range of finance activities, including bank reconciliations, invoice processing, accounting administration, balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls. Working closely with experienced finance professionals, you’ll have the opportunity to build your accounting knowledge, develop practical skills and gain valuable experience of how a Finance function operates within a growing, regulated financial services business.

You’ll play an important role within the Finance Operations team, helping to ensure financial records are accurate, controls operate effectively and month-end processes run efficiently. As the Bank continues to grow, the role offers plenty of opportunity to learn, take on greater responsibility and develop your career in Finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and perform daily reconciliations of savings accounts, bank accounts, and related operational systems, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved in a timely manner.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items, unreconciled transactions, and suspense account balances, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Take responsibility for specialist savings processes, ensuring transactions are processed accurately and in accordance with regulatory and internal requirements.
• Review, monitor, and improve savings reconciliation processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and control.
• Support the resolution of customer account queries relating to savings transactions and reconciliations.
• Assist in maintaining accurate records of cash movements and business account balances.
• Support the preparation and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.
• Assist with month-end close activities and routine accounting processes.
• Assist with the preparation of management information and reporting where required.
• Develop an understanding of the end-to-end finance processes across the Bank and provide support to colleagues as required.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• GCSE Maths and English (Grade 4/C or above, or equivalent).
• Currently studying towards an AAT qualification, or experience of Finance and the desire to study towards an AAT qualification.
• Previous finance, administration or office-based work experience.
• AAT studies already commenced.
• 25 days holiday PLUS your BIRTHDAY off
• Pension contribution with Royal London
• Life Assurance
• Private medical, dental and optical health insurance with
• Axa
• Free breakfast available

Data Protection

We anticipate that we will retain your data as part of the recruitment process for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected unless we have sought your consent to keep your data for future suitable job vacancies.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by [https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn].

Chetwood Bank does not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs from Recruitment Agencies. Any unsolicited CVs received will be treated as the property of Chetwood Bank and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be considered null and void.