Job Title: Finance Assistant
Location: Dudley
Company: Manufacturing Sector
About Us:
Job Description: We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Finance Assistant to join our finance team. The ideal candidate will support our financial operations, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in all tasks. You will cover our Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, Cash Book and assist our Management Accounts.
This role offers a salary of £22-26k, onsite role Monday to Friday, 35 hours a week.
The role is temporary to Permanent (12 weeks).
Key Responsibilities:
- Receiving, verifying and posting supplier invoices to the finance system on the date of receipt.
- Reconciliation of monthly supplier statements and liaise with the supplier or relevant party to resolve any discrepancies as a priority.
- Processing payments to suppliers ensuring they are completed in a timely and accurate manner, including remittances being sent on or before the date of payment released.
- Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure all customer and supplier payment terms are adhered to, referencing to SLA.
- Liaise with service department regarding service debits, to enable deduction from supplier factory payments.
- Liaise with service department regarding customer debits, maintain live debit tracker raising credits agreed in a timely manner.
- Maintaining accurate supplier & customer files and keep ledgers to the highest standards.
- Ensure all invoices are raised daily for manufacturing until migration to a new ERP system.
- Raise credit notes where required for the Midlands group.
- Proactively chase customers' accounts, update cash flow to reflect due accounts & chase any discrepancies in receipts.
- Post incoming cash receipts to customers' accounts and actively maintain ledgers regarding queries.
- Update cash flows to reflect upcoming supplier payments to terms with a forward-looking approach.
- Mailbox managed, ensuring all emails are addressed.
- Provide support for audit and compliance requirements.
- Proactively communicate to the Transactional Office Supervisor, any concerns that may directly affect the performance and ability, to adhere to the department processes.
- Any other ad hoc requirements to meet the business needs.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- Proven experience in a finance or accounting role.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks, SAP & Excel) is a plus.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth, funding for AAT with successful completion on probationary period.
- A supportive and inclusive work environment.
How to Apply: Interested, call Ruth at Reed in Wolverhampton on or click "APPLY".