Finance Assistant - Travel

C&M Travel Recruitment ,
Brighton, East Sussex
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Finance Assistant - Educational Travel - Brighton - Competitive salary This international educational travel organisation, specialises in arranging short-term placements for healthcare students in Africa, Asia and South America. As a dynamic and fast-paced organisation, this is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Finance Assistant to join the team. Based in their Head Office in Brighton, the successful individual will be driven, proactive and hardworking. Working closely with the Financial Controller, they will take on many of the day-to-day financial and bookkeeping processes. A key requirement for the role is a sound level of knowledge and experience of general bookkeeping practices. Finance Assistant - Key responsibilities : Processing new customer bookings Maintaining sales ledger (within Xero), recording all activity accurately and efficiently Maintaining purchase ledger (within Xero), recording all activity accurately and efficiently Recording receipts and payments (within Xero) across multiple international bank/credit card accounts Manipulating large volumes of data precisely and efficiently for monthly reconciliation and reporting tasks Maintaining Bank Feeds (within Xero) Calculating and inputting monthly accounting journals (within Xero) eg prepayments, accruals Preparing and presenting analysis for the Financial Controller and Directors Other tasks as reasonably requested by the Financial Controller Finance Assistant - Skills and experience Minimum 2yrs experience in similar role Must be AAT qualified or similar Comprehensive understanding of Xero is essential Full understanding of Google Suite applications, specifically Google sheets Proactive, driven and focused with a willingness to learn and adapt to new processes Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team as well as independently Highly organised, maintaining excellent attention to detail Don't keep a good thing to yourself We grow our business through referrals, so please don't keep us to yourself. If you think we're doing a good job and know of someone who would benefit from our services, please pass on their name and number to me and I promise we will follow it up. Many thanks. C&M Travel Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all candidates. For more opportunities, please visit www.candm.co.uk