Finance Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Are you looking to join a fast-growing company and participate in this growth in the Finance Team?

This is for you to join us as a Finance Assistant!!

About us:

"Compliance Group are an exciting new business with PE investment which is seeking a high calibre Accounts Assistant or Finance Assistant with a strong administration background and high ambitions to join their team.

The business is growing at pace; this role will currently be responsible for one business within a division which contains 4 subsidiary businesses as part of the wider Group. An aggressive M&A strategy is in place, and it's projected to grow the division from £7-15m turnover on Dec 22 to >£45m in 2026. The Group has acquired 4 businesses in the last 8 months, including 2 in this division. In 5 years, we anticipate growing by 135m. It will present opportunities for personal progression and development."

Due to the nature of the team, everyone is a team player, supporting and helping each other, creating a friendly working environment. Reporting to the Finance Manager, working hours are 9 am until 5 pm, Monday to Friday onsite.

Accounts Assistant or Finance Assistantbrief about the role:

• Working very closely with Accounts Payable, Accounts receivable and Credit Controller
• Understand the processes for each of the above departments and provide support/cover whenever required
• Taking care of administrative tasks, such as correspondence, filing and printing
• Managing important departmental deadlines
• Maintaining accurate and detailed customer records and creating new customer accounts
• Building a good rapport with clients and providing the accounting team with relevant information
• Completing daily and monthly bank reconciliations
• Collecting monthly direct debits and making payments
• Preparing and entering journals into the system
• Supporting the preparation of management accounts and month-end duties
• Monitoring daily communications and answering any queries.
• Working with spreadsheets, sales and purchase ledgers and journals.

About you:

• Effective communicator with a professional phone manner and comfortable interacting by telephone
• Self-motivated and focused with a flexible approach and ability to adapt to a continually changing environment
• Process-driven, organised and methodical in approach

Must have the experience required / Certifications Required:

Experience within a similar role

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £23,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Brierley Hill, DY5 1XN: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Are you confident working with spreadsheets, sales and purchase ledger journals?
• Do you have at least 1-year experience working in accounts/finance in the UK legislation?

Experience:

• Accounting: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Finance Assistant