Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB4 0DS
Salary: £26,000per year(DoE) (Prorated based on part-time hours)
Contract: Part time, 20 hours per week.

Are you looking to take your first steps into a career in finance? Do you enjoy a busy and challenging workload? Are you a self-starter comfortable working under your own initiative?

Bridge Partners are looking for a Finance Assistant to join their administration team to support the Finance Manager as well as take on an active role within the administration team; providing support the rest of the office and our clients with queries regarding expenses, invoicing, and billing as well as general office administration. This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to develop and grow their knowledge and skill set within a busy, but supportive environment.

Who are you?

• Looking to start your career in finance or develop your existing finance knowledge.
• A self-starter who enjoys a challenging and ever changing work environment.
• A natural problem solver with a strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable with researching a solution using your own initiative.
• Have the ability to manage and prioritise multiple conflicting priorities requiring collaboration with multiple teams both internally and externally.
• Methodical and organised, able to plan your own time and tasks accordingly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to communicate with all levels of a business, both internally and externally.
• Excellent numeracy skills, with a natural flair for numbers.
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships both internally and externally.
• A passion to develop and learn in your own time, for your professional development.

What do you know?

• Excellent numeracy skills, comfortable with complex figures and calculations.
• Able to propose ideas and solutions with confidence at all levels of the business including board level.
• Strong Excel experience, preferably with knowledge of pivot tables, vlookups and error checking methods.
• Able to grow and maintain strong working relationships both internally and externally.
• Some experience with QuickBooks (Or similar software) would be advantageous, but is not essential.
• MS Office experience (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Etc.)

Why choose us?

We know that people matter; people make a difference; not just to our company, but also to our clients; so we only bring on board the very best people to join the Bridge Partners Family.

Bridge Partners has been working with our clients to make sure that their IT needs never get in the way of their goals since our creation in 2001. Our two founders; Andrew and Daniel have created a company with staff that work together, learn from each other and support each other through all levels of the company. At Bridge Partners we encourage autonomy, self-development and give you a friendly and supportive environment to work in to allow you to provide the very best levels of support, advice and partnership with our clients.

Benefits: Accelerate your skill set rapidly, financial support for studying your AAT qualifications whilst getting practical finance experience on the job, get rewarded each time you gain a new qualification with our exam pass scheme, a great working environment that’s supportive and knowledgeable, annual salary reviews, contributory pension, private healthcare, life assurance and share in the company’s success with our annual bonus.

Keywords: Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Transaction Processing Team, Finance Administrator