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Are you an ambitious, commercially aware, finance professional looking to develop your career in a business that continues to post impressive year on year growth?
My client, a leading manufacturer who pride themselves on the outstanding quality of their products, currently have an outstanding opportunity to join their finance team.
Reporting directly in to the Financial Controller, this is a very interesting and varied role, encompassing all aspects of transactional finance as well as assisting the FC in producing the monthly management accountants.
Due to a large part of this role involving calculating and processing the weekly payroll, the successful candidate must have a strong working knowledge of producing spreadsheets in Excel.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of weekly payroll including processing clockings, new starters, input onto timesheet, balancing hours, managing changes, leavers, holiday pay, auto enrollment pension and RTI, Completion of Weekly Labour Analysis for the Financial Controller
• Responsible for Sales Ledger Credit Control including daily entering of Sales receipts and responsibility for daily banking
• Purchase invoice matching and processing : to include matching delivery notes to invoices, posting invoices with the help of second Finance Officer and a part time additional assistant
• Responsible for checking Weekly Purchase Ledger Payment Runs
• Managing petty cash transactions
• Preparation of ad hoc reports
• Completion of PL Statement Reconciliations
• Ordering stationery, Managing daily post in and out, General Filing
• Maintaining spreadsheets, Verifying calculations working with the Accounts system
• Assist the financial controller cost accountant with various finance projects and initiatives including Monthly management accounts and departmental budgets
• Liaison with auditors
• Liaison and co-ordination with operational departments

Key competencies:

• Ideally AAT qualified or studying towards ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• Must have strong Excel skills
• Would also potentially look at a strong Graduate with a Finance focused degree
• Confident personality with strong communication skills