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Pick Everard Hiring for Finance and Billing Assistant Job at Leicester, England Full Time
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Our Opportunity
Under the management of our new Finance Director, we are looking for an experienced Finance and Billing Assistant to form a key part of the operational success of the finance team within Pick Everard.
This experienced role will involve preparing billing schedules, posting bills onto the accounts system, checking for compliance with VAT and other tax legislation and sending bills out to clients. The role will also include general duties such as handling queries from the wider firm, reporting on basic time reports and liaising with self employed contractors on timesheets, invoices payable.
As we have adopted a hybrid approach this role will involve both home and office working.
- Ensure accurate, efficient billing processes are operated
- Compliance with HMRC and internal policies
- Adherence to the finance SLA’s (around accuracy and turnaround times)
- Efficient resolution of queries from clients and the wider firm
- Team work to provide cover for holidays and sickness where appropriate
- Continuous improvement of the billing process
- Collect all information needed to calculate bills receivable (order amounts, discount rates etc.)
- Check the data input in the accounting system to ensure accuracy of final bill
- Issue invoices and bills and forward them to clients through various channels (mail, e-mail, information exchange systems)
- Issuing of client account statements periodically or whenever necessary
- Receive payments through various methods (cash, online payments etc.) and check for credibility
- Execute the new client and new job onboarding process (credit checks, new job number and file opening)
- Management of time recording across the firm including, chasing timesheets, moving time where appropriate and reporting on staff utilisation
- Assist in monitoring missing information from new jobs, new client set up
About You
- Experience working in a busy finance / billing department
- Medium level Microsoft Excel and Word skills
- Solid communication skills, both written and verbal
- Superior attention to detail
- Organisational skills, planning skills
- Experience with process improvement would be a distinct advantage
- Experience with Access Dimensions would be a distinct advantage
About Us
At Pick Everard, we work together to make the extraordinary a reality. We are looking for exceptional new talent to be a part of our journey as we move forward through our ambitious five-year Business Plan.
We are an independent award-winning property and construction consultancy firm, operating within the industry, providing complete integrated service delivery to help our clients deliver better solutions across real estate, infrastructure and the natural environment.
We are at the forefront of the industry and enjoy a culture that is centered around being creative, professional, compassionate, client-oriented and fun.
Our recent successes include:
- Listed as an NCE100 Consultancy and AJ100 Practice
- Named a Top 150 Consultancy by Building Magazine
- Recognised as a leading Financial Times Consultancy
- Winners of the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE) Awards, Best Business Performance of the Year – Large Consultancy
- Winners at the RICS Awards – Infrastructure category
- An Investors in People and Investors in Excellence accredited business
- Winners at the Enterprising Women Awards
- Winners of the RICS Young Surveyor Awards 2019
Through our remarkable history we have already established the sound principles of success and we have the vision and ambition to be even better, as we move forward into a very bright future. We’re growing and we need more experts onboard. Join us and we will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you’ll be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.
To learn more about why it is good to work here please visit our website and follow us on social media. Be part of it.
Remuneration / benefits
We value and promote a positive work-life balance and encourage every member of our team to get involved with charity, sports, community, and company events. Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. We are also a responsible employer and Investors in People accredited business.
You will receive an attractive salary that will match your skills and experience, as well as the following benefits:
- Stakeholder pension
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Childcare benefits
- Adoption & Shared Parental Leave benefits
- Long service awards
- Annual BeingPickEverard awards
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare
- 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
- Discount Scheme
- Professional subscriptions
- Season ticket loan or car loan
- Cycle to work scheme
Please note we are not accepting speculative CVs or approaches from recruitment agencies for this role.