Finance Assistant
📍 Colnbrook, West London
🕒 Monday-Friday | 09:00-17:00 (30-minute lunch)
💼 Permanent
💷 £28,000-£30,000 per annum
The Role
A well-established organisation within the freight, logistics and courier sector is looking to appoint a Finance Assistant to support the finance team with day-to-day accounting activities. This role will play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of finance operations and meeting month-end and reporting deadlines.
The position will cover both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, with exposure to management accounts and reconciliations, making it a well-rounded role for someone looking to develop within finance.
Key Responsibilities
Accounts Receivable
Raising sales invoices from the operating system and uploading into accounting software with correct coding
Producing manual invoices when required
Sending statements and chasing overdue payments
Resolving customer billing queries
Accounts Payable
Processing purchase invoices
Supporting supplier payment runs
Handling supplier queries
General Finance Duties
Transferring data between finance systems
Allocating customer and supplier receipts
Completing monthly reconciliations, including bank, debtor and creditor accounts
Supporting with ad-hoc finance tasks as required
Essential Requirements
GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English (Grade A-C)
Strong communication and customer service skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Comfortable working to deadlines and under pressure
Intermediate Excel skills
High attention to detail
Desirable
Previous experience in a similar finance role
Experience using accounting systems such as Sage and Microsoft Business Central
Experience within logistics, freight or a related industry
