Financial Assistant
Job Description
Job title: Financial Assistant
Company: Optima Recruitment
Job description: Overview:
Our client is looking for a temporary financial assistant to support with day – to -day financial matters, ranging from general bookkeeping and accounting, to overseeing and keeping appropriate records for invoices and other payments.
- Based in Reigate
- £16 – £18 per hour
- Hybrid
- Paid Weekly
- Fixed term contract 9 months
Job specification:
- Production of monthly accounting journals.
- Filing and logging of account documents and supporting evidence.
- Timely distribution of financial information to HCUK’s senior management.
- Processing of invoices in accordance with Invoice Processing Guidelines and Purchasing Policy.
- Monitoring the status of invoices and payments, ensuring processing happens in a timely manner – flagging potential issues as they arise.
- Processing of company corporate card actions and overseeing corporate card usage, in line with the company’s internal policies – escalating instances of non-adherence.
- Contribute to internal and external reporting, based on actual financial information
- Contribute to the maintenance of financial policies and procedures
- Identify risks, incidents, and breaches in accordance with company policies and department procedures.
Person specification:
- Experience with Accounts Payable / purchase invoice experience is essential
- Excellent organisational skills: must be able to manage own workload, flagging any potential issues to the team manager in a timely manner
- Excellent numerical ability, able to detect and investigate any unusual looking data
- Skilled with MS Office, particularly Excel.
Additional Information:
- Based in Reigate
- £16 – £18 per hour
- Hybrid
- Paid Weekly
- Fixed term contract 9 months
