Transactional Finance Assistant

Ecotricity Group Limited; Stroud; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading green energy company in the UK seeks a Transactional Finance Assistant to join its Finance Team in Stroud. This role focuses on Accounts Payable tasks, including processing supplier invoices and managing payments while also supporting customer payment processing. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in Accounts Payable/Receivable and proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel. Benefits include a healthcare plan, hybrid working options, and generous holiday entitlement.

Benefits

Healthcare plan

Life assurance

Generous pension contribution

Company discounts

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable.
• Ability to work in a small team with strong organizational skills.
• Attention to detail and proactive approach necessary.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase invoices and credit notes.
• Obtain and verify invoice authorisations.
• Create and maintain accurate supplier records.
• Post customer payments and process refunds.
• Complete month-end reconciliations.

Skills

Accounts Payable experience

Accounts Receivable experience

Proficiency in MS Office

Strong Excel skills

Knowledge of Power Query/Power BI

Tools

Workday financial system

Job description

the Finance Team is looking for a Transactional Finance Assistant to join the friendly and collaborative team. This role combines responsibilities from both the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions, supporting the accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices and customer payments. The role will initially focus on Accounts Payable tasks, providing a strong foundation in supplier invoice and credit note processing, payment runs, payment allocation and supplier account management. You will work independently communicating with internal stakeholders and suppliers. Over time, you will also work in Accounts Receivable where you will post customer payments and process refunds. Process improvement is critically important in Finance, and in this role, you will need to embrace changes in process and system developments, providing feedback on their implementation. It is a varied role that requires attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and a positive, proactive approach to your work. You will be part of the Ecotricity Group Finance Team, reporting to the Accounts Payable & Treasury Team Leader. You will work closely with colleagues across Finance, other internal departments, and with external suppliers and customers.

Core Responsibilities

• Processing purchase invoices and credit notes
• Obtaining and verifying invoice authorisations
• Creating settlement runs as part of the weekly process and on an ad‑hoc basis, as well as for direct debits
• Creating and maintaining accurate supplier records
• Resolving queries with buyers and other internal stakeholders, and with suppliers
• Communicating with customers where required, primarily businesses to obtain remittances and follow up uncashed cheques
• Posting customer payments and refunds
• Completing month‑end reconciliations for suppliers and customer payments
• Embracing changes in process and system developments, providing feedback on their implementation

About You

Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable experience; ability to work in a small team; proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel; use of the Workday financial system; Power Query/Power BI knowledge.

Benefits

• Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution
• Hybrid working
• Various company discounts (including shops, gyms, days out and events)
• Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) & ability to buy/sell days
• Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available

Flexibility

The fast moving nature of the company’s business means that from time to time you may be asked to perform duties or tasks outside of your original job description on an ad‑hoc basis. This allows the company to use its people in the best possible way at all times and helps the employees to make their contribution in a changing environment.

About Us

Ecotricity is Britain’s greenest energy company. When we started back in 1995, we were the first company in the world to provide a new kind of electricity – the green kind. Our mission is to change the way energy is made and used in Britain by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy. We don’t just supply green energy – we use the money from our customers’ bills to make it ourselves too, building windmills, solar parks and green gas mills in Britain. We call this turning bills into mills.

Equal Opportunity

Ecotricity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equality for all.