Finance Officer

Salary: £30,000 per year

We are currently looking for an immediately Accounts Assistant for a Finance Officer role based near to Rayleigh in Essex. This would initially be for a 12 month contract with the potential to become permanent and would be predominantly remote based.

The team processes all financial transactions including sales ledger, purchase ledger, petty cash returns, client expenses to ensure that they meet their targets whilst maintaining excellent customer service to their operational teams. The ideal candidate will be AAT qualified or currently sitting your final exams and eager to join a company where your skills can be fully utilised and your career progressed. However candidates at all levels who are bright and enthusiastic will be considered.

Key Responsibilities
•Update and maintain accounting journals, ledgers and other records detailing financial business transactions (e.g., disbursements, client expenses, vouchers, receipts, petty cash payments, sales ledger claims and receipts and supplier invoices and payments).
•Enter data into computer systems using defined computer programs and methods including Sage, SAP and Excel.
•Recording and accounting for cash transactions complying with the Company’s petty cash procedures and accounting timetable.
•Verifying the accuracy of invoices and other accounting documents or records.
•Reconcile records with both internal company information and external information issued by suppliers and customers.
•Investigate questionable data, escalate to line management and recommends action to resolve discrepancies.
•Maintain the finance filling and archiving – scanning, storage, general filing and send out invoices and remittances to suppliers and customers via email/post