Finance Assistant

CWR Consultancy Ltd ,
Silverstone, Northamptonshire
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £25,000 per annum

Overview

A fantastic opportunity to join a long-established engineering firm during a period of exciting growth and change. Our client, a specialist engineering company near Towcester, are looking for an experienced Finance Assistant to support the business with preparation of accounts and who can over time take duties away from the Senior Finance Manager. You will be responsible for a variety of internal finance and accounting tasks, with the primary responsibilities of this role focussing around day to day bookkeeping. Duties will include: Purchase/Sales ledger Preparation and submission of monthly or Quarterly VAT returns Management reports Ensuring month end tasks run smoothly including raising journals and preparing accruals and prepayments Preparation of year end accounts file as necessary Credit control Supporting annual year-end audit process Ad-hoc admin support to office manager You will ideally be part qualified or qualified by experience and have good working knowledge of SAGE accountancy software. This position carries a fair degree of responsibility so requires a motivated problem solver with an eye for detail and a methodical best practice approach to their work. With a passion for figures, structured processes and working to deadlines, you will be capable of dealing with the challenges a role of this nature can throw at you. You must have confidence in your work and not be afraid to challenge procedures to help drive effectiveness and efficiencies. This role would be well suited to someone who enjoys a busy varied role and who in time is looking for career progression.