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Finance Assistant

Ian Williams
BS376JL
£27,000 – £33,000
about 5 hours ago

Skills & Technologies

ExcelAuditBalance SheetVariance AnalysisStatutory AccountsMakeRecruitmentBenefitsEqualityIndeedTrainingTeamwork

Job Description

Ian Williams continues to successfully grow, as a business and as an employer of choice. Within our Head Office, based in Chipping Sodbury, we are looking for a Finance Assistant to be part of a small team, that makes a big difference. You will be joining a thriving and established General Ledger team, where quality and teamwork is at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for someone who enjoys collaborating with the business, to provide support, find solutions, and support the Supervisor with the successful management of the accounts.

We offer the following benefits;

Be part of our annual company profit share scheme (this year achieving 9.33% of salary)

Let us help you with your future with an employer pension contribution of up to 5%

23 days annual leave, buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year

Training and development opportunities

Life Insurance

Access to an Employee Assistance Programme to support your health and wellbeing

The Finance Assistant role

You will be key to assisting with the timely and accurate production of the management and statutory accounts, including, but not exclusive to:

Performing balance sheet reconciliations

Costing and reconciling expenses

Updating of the cashbook; processing of sundry payments and cash receipts

Completing variance analysis of cost compared to forecast and budget

Producing schedules of nominal ledger costs

Maintaining the fixed asset register and conducting fixed asset audits

Costing consolidated invoices

Consolidating stock take returns

Preparation and analysis of financial reports

Additional finance support responsibilities, including supporting the annual audit

What will you bring

Previous experience in a Finance Assistant role is essential

An eye for detail, ensuring accuracy and highlighting risk

A drive to provide efficient solutions

You take pride in delivering a professional service

Communicating effectively is important to you, building relationships with internal and external customers, you’re a team player

Confident in using MS packages, specifically proficient in Excel

AAT desirable (could be part qualified) but not essential

Additional Benefits include

Annual pay reviews

Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay

Specsavers vouchers

Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family

For information on all other additional benefits we do, to enhance your work/life balance please visit our website

About Ian Williams Ltd

Discover more, not just from our website but through our Facebook, LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor pages.

We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date based on application volumes.

Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams—it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.

Ian Williams Ltd will use applicants details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website.

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