An established multi-site organisation is seeking a Group Finance Officer to join its central finance function. Working as part of a collaborative finance team, you will support the day-to-day financial operations across multiple business units, ensuring transactions are processed accurately, reconciliations are completed promptly, and financial records are maintained to a high standard.
Reporting to a Finance Manager and working closely with colleagues across finance, payroll and operational teams, this role offers broad exposure to transactional finance, month-end accounting and financial controls within a complex multi-entity environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Process supplier invoices accurately and in line with approval procedures.
- Manage supplier queries and maintain strong supplier relationships.
- Reconcile supplier statements and investigate discrepancies.
- Prepare regular payment runs for review and approval.
- Maintain accurate records of invoices, payments and supplier accounts.
- Monitor for duplicate invoices, unusual transactions and changes to supplier details.
Banking & Cash Management
- Process and post banking transactions, including payments, direct debits and standing orders.
- Perform regular bank reconciliations and resolve reconciling items.
- Ensure transactions are accurately coded and appropriately supported.
- Assist with maintaining accurate cash records across multiple entities.
Expenses & Corporate Cards
- Review employee expense claims and corporate card transactions.
- Ensure appropriate approvals, receipts and coding are in place.
- Process approved claims for payment.
- Follow up on outstanding submissions and missing documentation.
- Assist with month-end accruals relating to expenses and company cards.
Month-End & Financial Accounting
- Support monthly close activities in line with reporting deadlines.
- Prepare and post journals including accruals, prepayments, payroll and intercompany entries.
- Complete balance sheet reconciliations and investigate outstanding items.
- Review financial transactions and correct coding errors where required.
- Maintain clear audit trails and supporting schedules.
- Follow established financial controls, approval processes and accounting procedures.
- Apply appropriate VAT treatment to transactions and elevate complex issues where required.
- Identify and report unusual transactions or control concerns.
- Support continuous improvement of finance processes and controls.
Audit & Year-End Support
- Assist with year-end close activities and audit preparation.
- Produce reconciliations, schedules and supporting documentation.
- Support fixed asset accounting and balance sheet reviews.
- Respond to auditor requests and resolve routine queries.
Reporting & Systems
- Produce routine financial and transactional reports.
- Maintain reconciliation schedules and supporting spreadsheets.
- Assist with finance system administration and reporting updates.
- Recommend practical improvements to finance processes and reporting.
About You
You'll have previous experience within a transactional finance, finance officer, accounts assistant or assistant accountant role and be comfortable working with financial systems and Excel.
- Experience within accounts payable, reconciliations or general ledger processing.
- Solid understanding of double-entry bookkeeping.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Experience working to weekly and monthly deadlines.
- Good Excel skills, including lookups, SUMIFs and pivot tables.
- Experience using accounting or ERP systems.
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
- AAT qualified or currently studying.
- Experience of month-end journals, accruals and prepayments.
- Experience working in a multi-entity organisation.
- Exposure to VAT processing and financial controls.
- Experience with ERP and expense management systems.
- Process improvement or systems enhancement experience.
What's on Offer
- Opportunity to join a stable and growing organisation.
- Broad exposure across financial accounting and transactional finance.
- Collaborative finance team environment.
- Development opportunities within a wider finance function.
- Varied role supporting multiple entities and stakeholders.
This position would suit an experienced Finance Officer, Accounts Assistant, Assistant Accountant or Finance Administrator looking to broaden their responsibilities within a multi-entity finance environment.
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