Treasury Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is looking for a Treasury Assistant in Basildon. The successful candidate will manage petty cash, handle foreign payments, and assist in month-end reporting. Ideal candidates should have accounts payable experience and a willingness to grow in the finance sector. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible working conditions, and additional leave with service milestones.

Benefits

25 days holiday increasing to 28

Group personal pension

Life cover

Occupational maternity pay

BUPA cash plan

Free lunches

Annual company BBQ

Annual flu vaccination

Qualifications

• Experience in Finance departments with accounts payable tasks.
• Proven experience handling petty cash and bank reconciliations.
• Ability to perform month-end reporting and cashflow preparation.

Responsibilities

• Manage and process petty cash.
• Handle foreign payments and manual cheques.
• Perform daily and monthly reconciliation of bank accounts.
• Assist in accounts payable and month-end reporting.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Cashiering

MS Office

Major accounting package experience

Attention to detail

Education

AAT / ACCA / CIMA studier

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.

Please note; you must be a car driver for this role due to the location of our client.

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

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.

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.