Finance Assistant - Part-Time/25-30 hours per week - Remote-First

**Finance Assistant - Part-Time, 25-30 hours per week - Remote-First**

Nicholas Howard is delighted to be recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to join a fascinating neuroscience research company. Our client works in cutting-edge research and analytics fields to enhance clinical insights, they are making strong headway to becoming a world leader in experimental medicine and digital health technologies for CNS disorders.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Accounts Assistant to join the team on a permanent basis in a role that carries a broad range of responsibilities, including:

• Managing the Purchase Ledger in multi currencies for projects and overheads including credit cards, staff expenses and proactive management of company supplier contracts / agreements. e.g. Mobile Phone contracts

• Managing the Sales ledger in multi currencies, including tracking and raising of invoices, credit control

• To be responsible for the management of timesheets and uploading the data onto SAGE

• To assist with the project management portfolio in Excel including data capture from SAGE and forecasting

• To carry out VAT returns

• To assist with Grant reclaims and audits.

• Adhoc duties

Key skills/experieince:

• Graduate with finance, accounting or equivalent degree / professional accounting qualifications / qualified by experience with 3-4+ years in a financial role.

• Prior experience of working in a finance role within pharma / biotech / CRO / life science/ R&D industry an advantage.

• A concern for quality, attention to detail and accuracy

• Good working knowledge of the SAGE finance package, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint & Word.

• Ability to multi-task, be analytical and problem solve.

This opportunity offers a very flexible working setup, where the successful candidate would only need to be in the office, which in just outside of Didcot, once a month. The position offers a competitive salary, plus discretionary bonus and further benefits.

Please register your interest by applying now!