Junior Finance Assistant - Leeds, United Kingdom - Pontoon

Pontoon

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job title:
Junior Finance Assistant

Location:
Leeds ( Hybrid)

Duration: 12 months

The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Schroders Personal Wealth Finance team. Based in Leeds city Centre, the role will support a brand new area, covering purchases, sales and expenses management.

The role will be to lead the processing of invoices (both purchases and sales), maintaining supplier/customer relationships and settling bank payments.

There will also be involvement in adhoc projects as required in order to continue to build the business

The role is ideally suited to someone who has bookkeeping/finance experience, working in a purchase ledger or bookkeeping role. This is not required however, with all training being provided to perform the role.

The team supports agile working and individual needs will always be considered alongside business needs.

Responsibilities:

Keying of invoices, purchase orders and customer invoices
Managing supplier relationships, ensuring invoices are paid on time
Credit control ensuring that customer invoices are paid on time
Daily bank reconciliations
Input and review of bank settlements
Sample checking and review of key business processes, such as expenses
Support for various ad hoc projects as and when required

Requirements:

Knowledge of Workday or other financial systems preferred (but not essential)
Highly numerate with experience in a financial / analytical discipline
Strong planning and organisational skills, specifically the ability to prioritise and process numerous tasks simultaneously and deliver at pace to meet tight deadlines and with a high degree of accuracy
Excellent organisational, communication and numerical skills.
Ability to use own initiative, whilst also being a valuable team player.
Ability to produce accurate work within agreed timescales/deadlines.
Personal drive and resilience to deal with work volumes
A continuous improvement mindset and a desire for personal development.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunities' employer.