Financial Assistant

Burgess Hodgson LLP; Canterbury; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Burgess Hodgson LLP in Canterbury seeks an experienced Financial Assistant to join our treasury team. You will handle bank reconciliations, post to QuickBooks and Xero, assist with month-end, and manage payments, invoices, and BACS processing.

This is a full-time, office-based role with standard hours 9.00am–5.30pm, Monday to Friday. The ideal candidate is AAT-qualified with at least 12 months of relevant experience, strong English skills, discretion and attention to detail, and proficiency in

Qualifications

• Be at least AAT qualified.
• Experience with accounting software, especially QuickBooks and Xero.
• Strong written and spoken English, including grammar and punctuation.
• Self-motivated, professional, discreet and detail-oriented.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Regular bank reconciliations and related transactions.
• Post transactions on QuickBooks and Xero.
• Prepare month-end Management Accounts and journals.
• Manage day-to-day transactions and cost control within budgets.
• Prepare invoices, accounts payable and receivable, and payment runs.
• Submit BACS transactions and maintain files.

Skills

Bank Reconciliations

Financial Reporting

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Time management

Data entry

BACS processing

Education

AAT qualified

Tools

QuickBooks

Xero

Microsoft Office

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Financial Assistant to join our busy team, working within our well-established and growing Canterbury based practice.

The Role:

Working within our treasury department you will assist the Partners with a range of Partnership functions, including:

• Regular bank reconciliations and associated transactions.
• Posting transactions on both QuickBooks and Xero software.
• Month end Management Accounts, including journals.
• Managing day to day transactions.
• Work closely with Treasury Partners to support cost control within budgets.
• Manage workload and performance of Treasury team members.
• Preparing financial documents such as invoices, accounts payable and receivable.
• Preparing and making payment runs.
• Submitting BACS transactions.
• General accounts administration, including maintaining files.
• Other tasks as assigned, and ad hoc work as requested.

This is a full-time office-based position, and the standard hours are 9.00am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday.

The Candidate:

The successful candidate should:

• Be at least AAT qualified.
• Previous experience of using accounting software, particularly QuickBooks and Xero.
• Have excellent verbal and written English, including a high level of grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Be Self-motivated, logical thinker with a professional attitude.
• Have a high level of discretion and confidentiality.
• A keen eye for detail and the ability to remain accurate under pressure.
• Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines is a must, as well as attention to detail plus the ability to communicate confidently with a wide range of people at all levels.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
• Have a minimum of 12 months in a previous role.

If you are a motivated, diligent individual looking for a new challenge, and would like to explore this exciting opportunity further, we would be delighted to hear from you.