Finance Assistant (Payroll) - Maternity Cover

Finance Assistant Hybrid, three days in the office and two days from home Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm Permanent, full-time Are you an experienced Finance Assistant looking for a broader role with exposure to month-end accounting? An established and successful organisation based in the Worcester area is looking to recruit a Finance Assistant into its finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with transactional finance experience who would like to develop their knowledge of balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and international accounting. The position offers a varied workload covering purchase ledger, bank reconciliations, expenses, and month-end support. You will work closely with an experienced finance team and have the opportunity to develop your accounting knowledge while taking ownership of several important processes. Processing purchase invoices and maintaining accurate ledger records Reviewing the purchase ledger and resolving supplier queries Completing daily bank reconciliations Assisting with balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments Raising intercompany invoices and completing intercompany reconciliations Producing expenditure analysis and spend-versus-budget reports Supporting customer invoice queries and processing approved credit notes Previous experience in an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Assistant Accountant or similar position Practical experience across purchase ledger, cash book or nominal ledger accounting Experience completing bank reconciliations An understanding of accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations Good Excel skills, including the ability to create and manipulate spreadsheets A proactive, flexible and team-focused approach An AAT qualification or current AAT studies would be advantageous but are not essential. Additional language skills would also be useful, although they are not required. Hybrid working, with three days in the office and two days from home Broad exposure across transactional finance and month-end accounting Support from an established finance team The opportunity to develop towards a more senior accounting position This role would be particularly suitable for an experienced transactional finance professional who is ready to broaden their responsibilities and gain more meaningful month-end exposure. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays