Treasury Assistant

Pursuit Recruitment Ltd; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an Accounts Payable / Treasury Assistant in Basildon, offering a salary up to £35,000 per annum. Responsibilities include managing petty cash, processing UK and foreign payments, and assisting with month-end tasks. The ideal candidate will have integrity, attention to detail, and some experience in finance. AAT, ACCA, or CIMA study is preferred. This role includes generous benefits like annual leave and pension contributions.

Benefits

25 days holiday, increases with service

Pension contribution of 4%

Life cover up to 3x salary

Employee Assistance Programme

Free lunches every day

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Accounts Payable and Cashiering.
• Willingness to learn and flexibility.
• Experience in a Finance department.

Responsibilities

• Manage and process Petty Cash.
• Reconcile bank financing facility daily and monthly.
• Process Employee Expenses and Credit Cards.
• Assist Accounts Payable team.
• Prepare and update cashflow.

Skills

Integrity

Attention to detail

MS Office skills

Accounting package experience

Flexibility

Education

AAT / ACCA / CIMA studier preferred

Tools

Major accounting package

Job description

Overview

Accounts Payable / Treasury Assistant

Location: Basildon

Salary: up to £32,000 – £35,000 per annum

Hours: Monday – Friday. 37.5 working hours per week

Hybrid: the first 6 months will be full time in the office whilst in your probationary period.

Note: you must be a car driver for this role due to the location of our client.

Other: Our client will only be accepting applications from those who have full rights to work in the UK indefinitely; without sponsorship.

Benefits

• Holidays: 25 days, increases with service to 28 days.
• Additional leave of up to 10 days in the anniversary for long service milestones.
• Pension: Group personal pension, company contribution of 4%.
• Life Cover: 3 x your salary in the event of your death to your nominated beneficiary.
• Occupational maternity pay plus SMP.
• Accident Cover: Disability compensation payment.
• BUPA cash plan: Individual Cover or Family. Employee has the option to increase the benefit.
• Employee Star Award.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Free lunches every day.
• Annual company BBQ.
• Annual flu vaccination.

About

We are recruiting on behalf of our client, a leading FMCG food manufacturing company, for a Treasury Assistant with strong experience in Accounts Payable.

As a Treasury Assistant, the successful candidate will be responsible for the day to day banking management, petty cash processing, UK and foreign payments, import payments, employee expenses, accounts payable and various month end tasks / reporting.

The person employed in this Treasury Assistant role has to have the utmost integrity, and a very clear eye for detail. This is a responsible position, where deadlines can often be key, so the successful applicant needs to be comfortable with handling a busy role, whilst ensuring accuracy.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing and processing Petty Cash
• Processing Foreign Payments
• Booking Currency Contracts
• Manual Cheques
• UK CHAPS / Other manual payments
• Daily and monthly reconciliation of bank financing facility
• Reconciliation of Inter Company Financing Accounts
• Monthly bank Reconciliations / revaluations
• Processing of DD invoices
• Daily posting of cash entries to a strict timeline
• Month end reporting and analysis of bank charges
• Processing of Employee Expenses and Credit Cards
• Perform part of the management accounts close
• Month end reporting
• Prepare and update cashflow
• Assist Accounts Payable
• Other adhoc tasks as required

About You

This role is for a keen and diligent person looking for a career in Finance. Appropriate training will be given but it is preferable that candidates will have both Accounts Payable and Cashiering experience. The person however must show a willingness to learn, be flexible and a desire to study would be preferable.

You will be expected to have good MS Office skills, be generally IT literate, and have experience of using a major accounting package, or IT system. This is a responsible role within the Finance team, and candidates should have proven experience of working in a Finance department in similar roles and must be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of the above responsibilities.

AAT / ACCA / CIMA studier preferred.