Job description
Sewell Wallis is currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a leading professional services company based in the Salford area of Manchester. This is an excellent time to join a well-established, forward-thinking business where you will join a friendly and dynamic company that reward and recognise their team members and in return you will be offered a competitive salary.Duties include:
- Obtaining WIP information from staff and conducting WIP meetings with all partners, and staff where necessary. Updating tracking spreadsheet to record promised bills.
- Identifying and chasing up aging orphaned disbursements, measure is total value of orphaned disbursements, by team/practice group monitored on a quarterly basis.
- Ensuring the system is updated with comments (WIP Notes) in accordance with agreed de-minims limit.
- Chasing for authorisation and monitor progress of bills through the Elite system progress of large bills, key bills or complex.
- Chasing late bills before month end closure.
- Ensuring all WIP held over 6 months old is chargeable with a good reason as to why it should remain.
The ideal candidate will:
-Have strong experience in a similar cash-focused role role.
-Have experience working in a professional services environment.
-Have strong communication skills and be able to speak to a wide range of people at all levels and adapt accordingly.
-Be able to prioritise your own workload to meet deadlines.
-Have strong IT skills.
Benefits:
-Hybrid working.
-Modern offices located near great transport links.
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.
