The Finance and Administration Department of our client is looking for a Finance Assistant to join their team in Chichester.
You will be expected to assist with all aspects of the cashiering function.
The role will be very varied, training will be provided as required on top of your existing experience. You will be working in the office Monday to Friday.
Required skills and experience
- Previous experience working in an accounts department is desirable
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Able to prioritise work and cope well in periods of high volume.
- Confident and articulate
- IT literate, with good Excel and Word skills
The ideal candidate will be numerate, pro-active, and enthusiastic, who is personable and professional in their approach to work.
Duties:
- To ensure office money is properly identified and correctly allocated to the office or nominal ledger.
- To prepare all office cheques (i.e., office and nominal ledger), ensuring that requests for funds are appropriately authorised and anticipated disbursements converted as appropriate.
- To post disbursement invoices to the clients' ledgers daily.
- To process all supplier invoices; ensuring that the nominal coding is correct, the invoice is properly approved for payment and payment is made in accordance with supplier terms. To reconcile supplier invoices with statements and resolve any queries arising.
- To process and pay staff expenses claims.
- To input petty cash payments onto the system monthly and raise the requisite cheques to maintain the float in each office.
- To analyse credit card expenditure and process accordingly.
Client Account
- To process CHAPS and BACS payments
- To assist in ensuring all incoming funds are identified and allocated
- To prepare client cheques, ensuring that requests for funds are appropriately authorised.
- To process client related disbursements and recoverable expenses and generate payments as required.
- To assist with processing bills, ensuring time recorded.
- To archive client ledgers in accordance with fee earner instructions.
- To carry out daily transaction processing and support other team members
A competitive salary is on offer commensurate with experience and ability. Financial assistance with parking cost's is also offered if needed.