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Finance Assistant

Job description

We are delighted to be working with a fast-growing business based in Sheffield who are currently looking to add a Finance Assistant to their supportive finance team.

The ideal candidate will have an accounts background with experience working with multiple cost centers.

Your duties will include:
* Download bank statements daily and import into accounting system
* Post items from General Bank accounts and reconcile
* Update Cash Flow forecasts
* Post Sales Ledger income
* Reconcile Sales Bank accounts and resolve any discrepancies
* Ensure payments are processed in a timely manner relating to the Company's PAYE, VAT and Tax liabilities
* Check and process expenses, mileage and petty cash claims
* Check and process Company Credit card statements
* Process refunds to schools, local authorities and Academy Trusts
* Reconcile control accounts (i.e., wages) to ensure payroll matches banking items
* Process payroll payments
* Process supplier payments and liaise with team members regarding missing invoices

Skills Required:
* Excellent attention to detail
* Good working knowledge of Excel (essential)
* Significant experience of accountancy software
* Good communicator
* Good organisational skills
* Good telephone manner
* Adaptable and a team player
* Experience having worked with multiple cost centres

Benefits:
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holiday (increasing to 30 days after 2 years)
* Additional day off for your birthday
* Annual bonus
* Hybrid working
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
* Free Parking
* Free Breakfast
* Social Events

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business with a brilliant working culture, working alongside friendly, supportive colleagues in a fast growing business.

If this role is of interest to you, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful.

Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

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