The Fine Cheese Company Hiring for Finance Assistant Job at Chippenham, South West England, England Full Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Finance Assistant to join a team of two based at our head office in Dyrham. This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast paced and dynamic team to support a central function, with opportunity to develop skills and learn within a progressive organisation.

Responsibilities of the role include (but are not limited) to the following:

Purchase Ledger

• Process and match inventory invoices to goods receipts
• Code and check incoming purchase invoices
• Check and reconcile supplier statements
• Construct and perform bacs payment runs
• Deal with purchase enquiries
• Process staff expenses/Company Credit Card Expenses
• File invoices and statements
• Reconcile Inter Company Ledger
• Post bank transactions into the general ledger daily and investigate any issues
• Perform daily and month-end bank reconciliations
• Manage petty cash
• Update the daily cashflow analysis
• Manage the sales ledger and ensure receipts are correctly allocated
• Weekly reporting of overdue debt
• Generate and send customer statements in line with Company procedures
• Reconcile the shop ledger and upload to the accounting system
• Reconcile the Internet Sales ledger and upload to the accounting system

Person specification

In order to be successful in the role, you will:

• Need to have previous experience in similar purchase ledger-based roles (Ideally within an SME environment).
• Be adept in the use of MS office products (Excel skills are ESSENTIAL)
• Have completed, or be studying towards an accountancy qualification such as AAT (DESIRABLE)
• Able to communicate in a professional manner to colleagues, customers and suppliers
• Previous experience of Epicor Tropos would be an advantage (not essential)

All Candidates must have the right to work in the UK for the tenure of the appointment.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Up to £22,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Chippenham, SN14 8HZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)