Orka Financial is recruiting a Finance Assistant for a three-month temporary assignment in Uxbridge. The role pays £16-£17 per hour plus holiday pay and has been created to help an established business manage a busier period following an acquisition.
The opportunity
You will join a fast-moving finance team and take responsibility for a broad mix of transactional finance, reconciliations and reporting support. The position will be fully office based for the first two weeks, moving to three office days each week after that. Working hours are 9:00am-5:30pm Monday to Thursday and 9:00am-5:00pm on Friday.
What you will be doing
- Prepare customer invoices, allocate receipts and help resolve account queries.
- Follow up overdue balances and support day-to-day credit control activity.
- Complete revenue, bank and payment reconciliations, investigating differences through to resolution.
- Prepare supplier and operational payments in line with agreed controls.
- Monitor cash movements and assist with straightforward treasury administration.
- Post routine journals and maintain clear supporting records.
- Help with month-end reporting, balance sheet reconciliations and audit information.
- Produce regular Excel reports and schedules for the wider finance team.
What we are looking for
You will have recent hands-on experience as a Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant or in a similar role. A sound grounding in payment processing, bank reconciliations, invoicing, credit control and accounts payable is important. Applicants from a strong purchase ledger background will also be considered where they are comfortable working with large datasets and automated processes.
You should be confident using PivotTables, VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP, SUMIF or SUMIFS and COUNTIF or COUNTIFS. Accuracy, organisation and clear communication matter, as does the ability to work independently and get up to speed quickly in a short-term assignment.
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Finance Assistant - Uxbridge employer: Confidential
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