Kenneth Brian Associates are working with a growing business looking to appoint a Finance Assistant to join its finance function. This is a varied, hands-on position offering exposure to a broad range of accounting activities, from customer account management and payment processing through to reconciliations and financial reporting.

The successful candidate will play an important role in keeping financial operations running smoothly, ensuring records remain accurate and queries are dealt with efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Sales Ledger & Credit Management: Maintain customer accounts, allocate incoming payments, monitor overdue balances and follow up on outstanding invoices. Investigate account queries and provide regular updates to relevant internal teams.
• Banking & Reconciliations: Record daily banking activity using Sage 50 Accounts and carry out regular reconciliations across online payment platforms.
• Purchase Ledger: Enter supplier invoices, review supplier statements and resolve any differences to ensure accounts are maintained accurately.
• Payments & Billing: Administer scheduled customer collections, process payments received over the phone and support monthly billing activities, including recharges and intercompany invoicing.
• Finance Administration: Manage incoming finance queries, support the team with general administrative duties and help ensure tasks are completed within agreed timescales.
• Expenses Processing: Review and process employee expense claims, responding to queries where necessary.
• Financial Reporting: Assist with the production of monthly customer expenditure reports and financial analysis, making use of AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and reporting accuracy.

About You

We’re looking for someone who enjoys working in a busy finance environment and takes pride in maintaining accurate records and delivering a reliable service.

You will ideally have:

• Previous experience in a finance, accounts or transactional finance position.
• Experience using accounting software, with knowledge of Sage 50 being advantageous.
• Good Excel skills and confidence working with numerical data.
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to your work.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to deal professionally with customers and suppliers.
• The ability to organise competing priorities and meet regular deadlines.
• A proactive attitude towards investigating discrepancies and resolving queries.
• An interest in learning new systems and using technology, including AI tools, to improve processes.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their finance experience within a varied role, gaining exposure to several areas of the finance function while contributing to the smooth running of the wider business.

If you have a solid foundation in finance administration and are keen to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.