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Finance Assistant

Job description

Sewell Wallis recruitment are currently working with a charity who are based in Sheffield. This client work in a really interested industry and are excellent employers.

Due to expansion they're now looking to recruit a finance assistant to join their team.

In terms of experience you will either have some finance experience or be a AAT studier who is keen to progress to the next level.

The role;

- Receive and process supplier invoices into the accounting software ensuring they are authorised appropriately. Build relationships with the suppliers and manage expectations on payment dates.

- Receive and process volunteer/staff expense claim forms into the accounting software, ensuring claims are made within the agreed levels and authorised appropriately.

- Build relationships with the claimants so there is an understanding of payment dates. Monitoring of expense claims ensuring that claims are on time and are being reported in the correct period.

- Ensure the supplier ledger balances are accurate, reconciled with supplier statements (where possible) as part of the month end tasks.

- Ensure the negative balances within the supplier ledger are cleared each month as part of the month end tasks.

- Create Sales Invoices to commercial partners as required.

- Ensure Sales ledger balances are accurate to allow a monthly review with the Head of Finance to take place highlighting any potential issues promptly.

- Reconcile the income received from providers such as Sagepay, Paypal and Stripe from their respective reporting


The candidate;

- Suitable experience as an administrative/financial assistant.

- Strong MS Office skills, including Excel and PowerPoint.

- Experience with Sagepay / Paypal.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Exceptional attention to detail.
Proven ability to multi-task, coordination and prioritise a heavy workload.

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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