Treasury Assistant

Pursuit Recruitment Ltd; Dartford; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Accounts Payable / Treasury Assistant for a well-known FMCG food manufacturing company in Dartford. The role involves daily banking management, cash handling, and support in accounts payable processes. Candidates should possess relevant experience along with a desire to learn and grow in finance. The position offers a hybrid work model with extensive benefits including holidays, pension, and free lunches.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Group personal pension

Life cover

Occupational maternity pay

BUPA cash plan

Free lunches

Annual company BBQ

Annual flu vaccination

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounts Payable and Cashiering preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and integrity.
• Good IT literacy and MS Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and process petty cash.
• Process foreign payments and UK CHAPS.
• Conduct monthly reconciliations and reports.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Bank management

Attention to detail

MS Office skills

Cashiering experience

Education

AAT / ACCA / CIMA studier

Tools

Major accounting package

Job description

Overview

Accounts Payable / Treasury Assistant

Location: Dartford / M25

Salary: up to £35,000 per annum

Hours: Monday – Friday. 37.5 working hours per week

Please only apply if you have indefinite rights to work in the UK. Our client will not accept applications from those requiring sponsorship.

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

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

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

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 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

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 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.