Finance Assistant, Slough

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