Finance Assistant in Honiton

Nu-Heat was born from a desire to provide underfloor heating solutions in the UK, when in 1992, no supplier existed. Since then, we have been perfecting bespoke, high efficiency home heating systems whilst developing our own industry leading underfloor heating products along the way. Backed by lifetime technical support and award-winning customer service, our bespoke heating systems are precisely designed for our customers' projects, so they feel the difference. Now part of the Genuit Groups’ Climate Management Solutions (CMS) business unit, Nu-heat has ambitious growth plans.

The Role

The Finance Assistant reports to the Finance Manager and is responsible for a significant part of the transactional finance activities within the finance team, with a focus on sales ledger and bank account transaction processing. This role works closely with finance team colleagues, the sales and customer facing teams as well as with external customers. The individual will actively promote our Trademark Behaviours.

Key Responsibilities

• Sales Ledger
  • Owner of the sales ledger function - creates invoices, applies relevant payments, manages customer deposits, issues credit notes and refunds
  • Releases sales orders promptly to allow internal teams to fulfil sales orders
  • Reviews and processes returns, including refunds if applicable
  • Manages Boiler Upgrade Scheme voucher transactions and completes associated reconciliations
• Bank account transactions
  • Responsible for posting incoming and outgoing bank transactions
  • Reconciles the bank accounts (multiple currencies) and ensures any unreconciled transactions are dealt with in a timely manner
• Purchase Ledger
  • Provides support with and cover for the purchase Ledger activities, including processing purchase invoices, resolving queries on invoices and purchase orders and setting up payment runs
• Other
  • Supports the team to achieve prompt month end closes by ensuring transactions are entered accurately and promptly and balance sheet accounts, relevant to the above areas of responsibility, are fully reconciled
  • Identifies opportunities for process improvement and automation (including use of system automation)
  • Assists the finance team to produce the information required for the annual audit
  • Provides cover and support across other areas of finance team activities
  • First point of contact for customers within the finance team
  • Ensure excellent internal customer service by supporting the rest of the business with queries in a timely manner
  • Support with other ad-hoc tasks and duties as required

The Person

• Relevant transactional finance experience with experience of working with high transaction volumes in a fast-paced environment
• Good attention to detail and ability to work in an accurate, calm and methodical manner
• Ability to work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment and effectively prioritise workload
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and resolve problems
• Strong levels of internal and external customer service
• Good IT skills – competence with Excel is essential and experience of accounting software
• Flexible and adaptable to the needs of the business and an effective team player

The Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• Pension contribution matched up to 8%
• Life Assurance 3x base salary
• Genuit sharesave scheme

Here at the Genuit Group we recognise and develop the contribution our people make to the Group’s success and are committed to attracting talent from the widest pool. We have a role to play in making the built environment more sustainable, building a low carbon business ourselves as well as delivering sustainable solutions at scale.

For over 30 years Nu-Heat has been leading the UK market in the design and supply of low temperature heating systems. We have supplied over 100,000 systems to date and are proud to be the only company in the UK heating industry to have been awarded a Service Mark with Distinction by the Institute of Customer Service, highlighting the importance we place on putting our people and customers at the centre of everything that we do. Nu-Heat remains an ambitious, growing company with customers at its heart, and we look after our people, so that they are always ready and able to provide great customer service. We hold the Investors In People gold standard, which recognises our commitment to helping our people grow to reach their potential. It is our people who will ensure that our success is sustainable, supporting each other and being flexible and responsive to the demands of our customers and the marketplace as we continue to raise the bar in setting the standards for our industry.