Banking and Payments Assistant in Bristol

We are currently recruiting for a Banking and Payments Assistant to join our Finance team and play a key role in ensuring the timely and accurate processing of bank transactions, payments, and reconciliations across multiple entities. This role is a 6‑month fixed‑term contract based at our Fourthway, Avonmouth office with flexibility to work from home as part of a hybrid working pattern following a period of training.

The successful candidate will work across both the Cashiers and Payments functions, taking responsibility for specific tasks while supporting the wider team to meet service level agreements and deliver exceptional service to internal and external customers. This is a highly collaborative role, working closely with Credit Control and other Finance teams to maintain accuracy, resolve queries, and support process improvements. You will lead on daily reconciliations, manage payment allocations, and assist with month‑end tasks, while identifying opportunities to streamline processes and contribute to projects. This is an exciting opportunity for a detail‑oriented and analytically driven individual with a strong background in banking or payment processing.

• Ensure timely and accurate posting of customer payments, investigating queries as needed.
• Regularly review suspense accounts to minimise unallocated payments.
• Support the Credit Control team with account allocations and payment queries.
• Complete daily and weekly reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances.
• Process journals and paylists for suppliers, including urgent ad‑hoc payments.
• Maintain bank statements and account records, ensuring daily reconciliation.
• Reconcile payments received across multiple providers and resolve related queries.
• Assist with month‑end tasks within required deadlines.
• Identify and suggest process improvements to enhance efficiency.
• Participate in projects as required.

• Good general education, including Maths and English (GCSE standard).
• Previous experience in a similar banking or payments role.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to analyse large data sets accurately.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong multitasking and prioritisation skills.
• Studying AAT or a desire to do so.
• Tenacious problem‑solving abilities.
• Understanding of excellent customer service standards.

Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. Therefore, please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make to the application or interview process.

Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big. From a one‑man operation in 1983, to the UK’s market leader today it’s always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we’ve done it time and time again. We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.

We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it. If you’re looking for a forward‑thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could – Nisbets is for you. You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast‑paced, ever‑changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.

We are a business with heart. From the small indie diner to the Michelin‑star restaurant, Nisbets delivers the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you’ll be working in a family‑owned business that isn’t afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do. Ready to take the next step with us? Apply today.