Finance Assistant AAT - Manchester, United Kingdom - Purple

Description

The Finance Assistant role at Purple offers a great opportunity to join a strong finance and business operations team in a fast growing, fast paced business.

This role will suit someone who is early in their finance career, with a year or two of experience.

You could be a recent graduate with experience through a placement year, or maybe you're already working in a finance team and you're ready for your next step.

You'll be supporting many of our core transactional finance activities, including purchase ledger, payroll and expenses, banking and payment runs, management information and monthly reporting, as well as ad hoc tasks across the wider business operations team.

Our values are at the heart of what we do and we're all about getting the job done whilst having fun with no BS and no politics.

We're all about development, and embedded within the business is the value of know your stuff, keep learning, which means we support our people to continuously develop their knowledge and skills.

You really won't regret taking the next step in your career by helping turn the world Purple
Purchase Ledger - Managing incoming purchase invoices and ensuring timely entry into our accounting system. Expenses - You'll be the go-to finance contact for expenses and the Webexpenses system.

Bank Reconciliation - Ensuring payments in our accounting system are reconciled in a timely manner, as well as monthly offline bank reconciliations.

identifying what needs to be paid when and managing this process on multiple banking systems.

Credit Cards - Ensure timely and accurate posting of credit card transactions into the accounting system and ensure reconciliation within the accounting system.

Payroll Processing - ensuring payrolls are processed accurately and in a timely manner; ensuring they are entered into the account system and paid on time.

key calculations, journal entries, KPIs, cost centre analysis.
Business operations - this role will also work closely with the business operations team to support with sales orders, reporting and other projects as needed
Our perfect candidate is keen to grow a career in Finance. Business related A level (e.g. accounting, business or economics)
Experience working in a Finance team or similar role would be a bonus

We're in it together - We all have our day jobs to do, our KPIs to hit and projects to complete but we're always available to help for the greater good of the business.

No drama - Things don't always go right as much as we try, having a hissy fit over it won't help the situation and you won't find that here.

With great data comes great responsibility - Personal data is a big thing, particularly when you are the custodian of a lot of it, we take that very seriously.

We value the unique perspectives and experiences that each individual brings, and we believe that diversity enriches our team and drives innovation.

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic.

We understand that everyone's journey is different, and we are open to conversations about flexible working arrangements that can accommodate your needs.

Join us in shaping a workplace that celebrates diversity and empowers all voices.

~ Salary £23,000-£25,000 depending on experience
~ Remote first business - work from home (with regular opportunities to get together face to face)
~ Flexible working & a great company culture - bring your best self to work
~ 23 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with 1 more day each year - and the option to buy extra days
~4 volunteering days each year - give something back to the community
~ Company bonus - 5% of salary
~ Private Healthcare & Long Term Incentive Plan after 12 months' service

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