Junior Finance Assistant - 12 month FTC

Mazars UK LLP - formerly CompetitionRx Ltd; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars is seeking a finance team member to handle system queries and support data management tasks. Ideal candidates will possess strong teamwork and communication skills, be detail-oriented, and proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel. This role offers a chance to grow within a dynamic professional services environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work flexibly under time pressure.
• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel is essential.

Responsibilities

• Resolve system queries and manage data effectively.
• Assist with the month-end process and reporting.
• Support the billing team and handle ad hoc requests.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Teamwork

Data management

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Forvis Mazars is an engine for rapid and consistent career progression, offering individually designed career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development.

About The Team

Our Business Services Team (BST) comprises creative, strategic, forward-thinking business enablers. Together, the People & Culture, Marketing & Communications, IT, Operations, Finance, and Quality & Risk Management teams make it their mission to ensure Mazars has the right tools, technology, strategies, and services to deliver exceptional client service and future-proof our growing business.

About The Role

• As part of our finance team, you will be an effective resolver of various system queries, action requests from the wider firm, and support effective data management.
• Working with the C&M team to review and action emails allocated to a high quality and on a timely basis.
• Working on our time management system, assisting our wider firm by providing miscellaneous information requests and resolving queries.
• Working with different reporting tools and preparing reports based on requests.
• Assisting with the month-end process to close the month.
• Spotting anomalies or issues and escalating as appropriate.
• Ad hoc requests from the management team with tasks as and when requested.
• Ad hoc support to the billing team when required.

What are we looking for?

• Works well within a team environment, developing and maintaining relationships within the team and wider firm.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Time management and organisational skills with an ability to work flexibly, under some time pressure, and to fulfill deadlines.
• A keen eye for detail and an interest in learning more about good data management.
• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to work under Data protection protocols and policies.

About Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leading professional services network operating under a single brand worldwide, with two members: Forvis Mazars LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership in over 100 countries and territories.

We are a diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a strong sense of connection and belonging. This is a place to take ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself, and put your ideas into action.

At Forvis Mazars, we empower our people and celebrate individuality. We thrive on teamwork and agility. We have bold foresight and give people the freedom to contribute personally to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create change, and deepen understanding to make an impact, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis Mazars; we aim to ensure everyone, whether in recruitment or beyond, is fully supported to be their unique self. To learn more about our approach, click here.

Our goal is to make the recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible. Please contact us to discuss any adjustments you may require so we can support you throughout your application.

Visit forvismazars.com/uk to learn more.