Finance Assistant in East Grinstead

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5.30pm

We’re an award-winning, market-leading 3PL specialising in high-quality order fulfilment and delivery services. ILG customers are premium brands, many in the beauty, fashion and wellbeing sectors. Our mission is to help them succeed. ILG is a people business – we invest in training and development, recognising and rewarding our people’s achievements and creating opportunities for them to progress within our business. So, if you want to develop an exciting career, learn from a friendly team and realise your full potential in a fast-growing company, this is the role for you.

The role involves ensuring invoices are processed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner. Working closely with the Billing Manager and Purchase Ledger Supervisor, you will play a key role in maintaining financial accuracy and supporting the smooth running of finance operations. This is a varied role suited to someone who is highly organised, detail-focused, and enjoys investigating discrepancies and resolving queries in a fast-paced environment.

The key responsibilities of the role may include:

• Processing supplier invoices and credit notes, ensuring accuracy and timely input into finance systems.
• Supporting the purchase order process, ensuring it runs smoothly across departments.
• Liaising with internal teams to resolve queries and maintain efficient workflows.
• Assisting with billing cycles, including preparing and validating customer invoices.
• Investigating variances in billing data and resolving discrepancies.
• Ensuring customer charges align with agreed rates and taking corrective action where needed.
• Maintaining accurate financial records and supporting reporting requirements.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and wider finance team activities.

This role will initially be based in Burgess Hill and moving to East Grinstead in approximately May 2026.

What we are looking for:

• Experience in a finance, accounts, or administrative role.
• Strong attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate and resolve issues.
• Ability to manage workload, prioritise tasks, and meet deadlines.
• A proactive team player with strong communication skills.
• Studying towards an AAT qualification is desirable.
• Experience within logistics or a similar industry is desirable but not essential.

Job Application Requirements:

• Right to Work in the UK & Basic DBS Check – You must have the legal right to work in the UK, (we are not able to sponsor you). If successful, you will also need to pass a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before starting employment.
• References – We reserve the right to request two or more references, to cover the past five years of your employment history. Please ensure you can provide accurate contact details for each of your referees.
• English Language – You must be able to work in English; enough to fully understand spoken and written work instructions, follow health and safety guidance and participate in discussions with your manager or colleagues.

If you meet the role requirements, as well as the above, and are ready to take the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. Please be aware we will be considering applications as we receive them and arranging interviews accordingly. Depending on the volume of applications we receive we may close this advert ahead of the advertised closing date.

Following successful probation period, opportunity for hybrid working in line with ILG policy up to 50/50 remote/office working. Benefits include Pension, Life Assurance, Healthshield Cash Plan and Discount Perks, 22 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays) increasing to 25 days after 2 complete holiday years, with the option to buy/sell holiday, Birthday leave, Free on-site parking, with electric car charging at certain locations, Range of employee awards, Employee assistance programme to promote mental health wellbeing.