Finance & Transport Assistant (Term Time Position)

Job Title: Finance & Transport Assistant (Term Time position)

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week for 39 weeks of the year i.e. all standard full school holiday weeks off.

Salary: As there are 5 weeks annual leave under our terms & conditions, the additional 8 weeks are effectively unpaid but the cost is spread across year. Effectively that would reduce the FTE Salary: £26,000per year.

Location: Blackpool

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a savy part time Finance Assistant to join a well established business. Your role would be varied and shared within two departments, the Finance Department and the Transport Department. This role would exclude working any school holiday, and the salary would be £26,000pro rata – which would equal £14,385.

Role Responsibilities:

Finance department:

Purchase Ledger Processing
Authorising Supplier Invoices
Making Payment to Suppliers to Set Timescale
Arrange Transport Services
Make Reconciliation Card Payments when and where required.
All Finance Admin Duties

Transport Department:

Arrange Transport services
Support Transport Depo
Contacting, arranging, gaining quotes, options & printing linked to the following: Coach Tickets, Airlines, Trains and any other transport required

About The Individual

– Essential Skills Required

Proven experience and full understanding of delivering exceptional internal and external customer service

Ability to resolve problems, work under pressure and meet deadlines

Ability to work under own initiative, and essentially as part of a wider team

Good Analytical skills

Good Knowledge of Excel and Accounting packages

Ability to follow procedures and willingness to enhance them

Strong time management skills and ability to prioritise workload and be highly organised

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and accurate written and spoken English

Commercial & financial awareness and numeracy

Adaptable and flexible

Individual – Essential Personal Attributes

Self motivated, positive and professional

Real passion for exceptional service delivery

Ability to work independently inside a team environment

Desire to support the development of the business and others

Flexible, adaptable and positive approach to work

Free to travel

Qualifications and working experience needed:

Sage 200
Finance background experience
Administration experience

Qualities Required:

Ability to resolve problems, Work under pressure and meet deadlines
Analytical skills
Extreme attention to detail

Regretfully, if you have not been contacted within 1 week of your application, please presume you have not been selected for this particular position. Thank you