Finance Assistant

Sewell Wallis are delighted to be working with a fantastic organisation based in Sheffield who are looking to add a Finance Assistant to their friendly team on a full-time, permanent basis.

This business operates in the charity sector, so naturally has an excellent culture that is people-centric, meaning a real feeling of inclusion and involvement across the finance function.

The successful candidate will join a small, supportive team and have responsibility for overseeing the financial transactions of the organisation, including; purchases, sales, cash receipts and payments, as well as assisting with the payroll function.

What will you be doing?

• Keep up to date with good practice in financial management and work with the Finance Manager to develop and run effective finance systems
• Lead on recording all finance transactions accurately on the Xero accounts system, including payroll, expenses, purchases, sales and bank
• Deal effectively with all inquiries from customers and suppliers on finance queries
• Carry out regular checks, controls and reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness of our processing, including monthly bank reconciliations, supplier and customer reconciliations and other internal audit checks, recommending remedial action to deal with any problems
• Manage sales ledger invoicing and lead in credit control, ensuring timely payment is received for all of our sales and outstanding debts are regularly chased
• Support the Finance Manager in preparing monthly management accounts and the year-end reports for the annual audit
• Process all new requisitions, by ensuring all supporting documentation is submitted, in line with the procurement policy and posted to Xero
• Attending to finance email box and dealing with incoming correspondence effectively
• Record monthly payroll information, such as sickness, new starters, leavers, expenses on an internal monitoring sheet
• Check expenses are claimed for the correct period and flag up if any discrepancy is identified
• Monitor rolling sickness allowance monthly
• Liaise with an outsourced payroll company by providing all necessary information

What skills are we looking for?

• The ability to analyse, interpret and effectively communicate financial information to colleagues.
• Proficient in using IT packages, particularly Microsoft Office, Xero and other business systems
• Effective team player with a flexible approach and the ability to work to multiple deadlines
• High level of accuracy, organisation and attention to detail.

What's on offer?

• 36 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Flexible working
• Company pension scheme

Send us your CV below, or contact Lawrie Bacon for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.