JOB: FINANCE ASSISTANT

SALARY: 30-35K

LOCATION: LEEDS

The Business & Opportunity:

Fantastic opportunity to join a fast-paced business who sell multiple products to the construction industry. With over 50 years’ experience, they are a market leading and award-winning family business, specialising in supplying a diverse range of door security solutions.

As part of their continued growth, they are looking for an experienced Finance Assistant who is keen to provide a high quality and proactive support to the wider business. Reporting to the Finance Director, you will assist with the day-to-day accounts, bookkeeping and general finance administration.

The successful candidate will have access to decision makers and will be encouraged to participate in decision making to enable the individual to improve skills.

This will best suit someone who already possesses experience of a broad accounts role within an SME and who is looking for their next step in their career to being number 2 within the accounts department.

Specific Requirement:

• Assistance with the preparation of monthly management accounts, including accruals and prepayments and month end journal adjustments
• Month end close down for the cashbook, sales ledger and purchase ledger
• Intercompany account transactions and reconciliation 
• Ownership of the half year and end of year stocktakes
• Maintaining the fixed asset register
• Bank reconciliations for all of the company bank accounts including the invoice discounted ledger and foreign currency accounts.
• Reconciling and submitting the invoice discounted sales ledgers
• Daily processing and recording of all the bank transactions (payments & receipts) for each of the bank accounts including card transactions
• Reconciliation of sales figures from nominal ledger to sales reports
• Dealing with and, where practical, resolving customer issues and queries through negotiation and communication with colleagues, as appropriate
• Customer debt collection
• Company credit card analysis and posting
• Petty cash transactions and reconciliation
  
• Undertake additional duties as may be assigned from time to time, this will include cover as and when required within other areas of the accounts department. Telephone answering and general office duties

Skills & Experience required:

• Previous experience in a finance role, ideally within an SME. Looking to further career enhancement and development.
• Calm, thorough, enthusiastic and organised, with a proven ability to think on your feet.
• Love numbers, be methodical, and prioritise detail.
• Be bold enough to take on challenges and responsibilities.
• Flexible and adaptable, embracing change.
• Proficient in the use of Excel
• Knowledge of Opera accounts package would be advantageous, but not essential as training will be provided.
• Must be able to work within a small professional accounts team using own initiative and working to agreed deadlines

What’s on Offer:

• A salary in the region of £30,000 to £35,000 dependent on experience.
• A great opportunity to work in a small, local business who can offer full training and an excellent working environment.
• Potential for future assistance with study support, e.g. AAT, CIMA, ACCA.
• Healthcare, Pension.
• Free on-Street parking next to their Leeds based offices, just 1 mile from the City centre, hence easily commutable from Leeds, Bradford and much of Yorkshire. Also accessible on public transport.
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Next Steps:



Interviews are to be conducted imminently; hence you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

N.B. Lyons Recruitment have been strictly retained on an exclusive basis, hence any direct or other agency applications with be disregarded