Finance Support Assistant (Hybrid)

ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD; Taunton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employment agency is seeking a Finance Support Assistant in Taunton. The role involves maintaining financial systems, processing invoices, and responding to client queries. This full-time position offers a hybrid working model, requiring 1 day per week in-office attendance. The successful candidate will be proficient with financial software like SAP and Excel, ensuring accurate financial practices and fostering effective communication with clients and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining financial records and procedures.
• Proficiency in using IT systems for data entry and management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients.

Responsibilities

• Maintain systems for accurate financial practices.
• Process invoices and manage payment queries.
• Prepare and check delivery notes and financial records.
• Act as point of contact for routine finance advice.

Skills

Finance administration

IT systems

Client communication

Tools

SAP

Spreadsheets

Job description

Finance Support Assistant (Hybrid) needed in Taunton, £12.85ph PAYE - Reference: OR18586

1 Day Per Week In Office

• Maintain systems to enable practices and procedures to operate to specified standards (e.g. administer imprest and unofficial funds, verifying clients personal finance records, security of cash).
• Prepare orders for goods/services, receive and check delivery notes, invoices and accounts. Process invoices for payment after certification by an appropriate senior member of staff.
• Check financial information and arrange amendments as necessary (eg monthly downloads and uploading of journals). Deal with general queries from colleagues, suppliers and clients relating to the financial information systems (eg payment queries).
• Prepare invoices for services/goods provided, receive and check payments, update financial records and investigate debt recovery.
• Use IT systems to input and extract information and distribute information to appropriate staff (eg SAP, spreadsheets)
• Extract statistics for the completion of statutory returns, drawing relevant issues to the attention of Senior Officers
• Act as a point of contact for staff, clients and suppliers to give routine advice and information relating to the work of the team.
• Prepare and process routine correspondence, reports and other documents
• Contribute to the office management of departmental buildings in the area, to propose and implement solutions to many and varied problems (eg ICT, accommodation, health & safety).
• Understand, uphold and promote the aims of the equality, diversity and inclusion policies; health, safety and wellbeing of self and others; and Organisational values in everything you do. Equality and Diversity practice covers both interaction with staff, service users and communities and includes challenging discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity for all.

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to [e-mail] quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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