Financial Assistant

Alexander Lloyd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander Lloyd is recruiting a Finance Assistant to join a busy finance team in London. The role suits someone with accounts payable and receivable experience who wants to develop their career in a fast-paced environment.

You will support banking reconciliations, supplier queries, and customer invoicing while helping maintain finance procedures and build strong stakeholder relationships across a multi-site operation.

Qualifications

• Experience in accounts payable/receivable or related finance role.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Good communication and stakeholder management.
• Proactive and flexible approach.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Basic to intermediate Excel skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics Business Central would be beneficial.
• Experience in a multi-site retail or hospitality environment is advantageous.
• Finance qualifications would be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coding and posting purchase invoices accurately
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving queries
• Completing bank reconciliations
• Managing customer billing and credit control processes
• Processing physical vouchers received
• Creating and maintaining finance procedure manuals
• Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Providing ad-hoc support across the wider finance team

Skills

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication

Stakeholder management

Proactive

Excel

Microsoft Dynamics

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

Job description

Working pattern: Hybrid - 1 day working from home

Contract: Permanent

We are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a busy finance team based in London. This is a great opportunity for someone with accounts payable and receivable experience who is looking to develop their career within a fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Coding and posting purchase invoices accurately
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving queries
• Completing bank reconciliations
• Managing customer billing and credit control processes
• Processing physical vouchers received
• Creating and maintaining finance procedure manuals
• Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Providing ad-hoc support across the wider finance team

The ideal candidate:

• Previous experience within an accounts payable, accounts receivable or broader finance role
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills
• A proactive and flexible approach
• Confident working under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Basic to intermediate Excel skills
• Microsoft Dynamics Business Central experience would be beneficial
• Experience within a multi-site retail, hospitality or similar environment would be advantageous
• Finance qualifications would be preferred