Finance Assistant

Posted 31 October 2023
Salary £25000 - £27000 per annum, Benefits: Bonus
LocationBlackpool
Discipline Transactional & Part Qualified
ReferenceJLM/38151/FA
Contact NameJack Moss

Job description

Finance Assistant | £25,000 - £27,000 + Bonus | Blackpool | Broad exposure | Fantastic team culture

Axon Moore are pleased to be working exclusively on behalf of a fantastic business, based in Blackpool, as they look to recruit an ambitious Finance Assistant capable of excelling in a dynamic role working as part of a friendly and supportive team.

This broad and varied opportunity is well suited to a proactive candidate – ideally with a credit control background – who is wanting to develop their skills and play an integral role within a business which has witnessed significant growth in recent years and boasts a lively and exciting working environment.  

Key Responsibilities and Duties:
  • Provide effective credit control for two entities to ensure prompt collection of cash
  • Lead debt review meetings to highlight payment issues and identify solutions
  • Carry out due diligence for new contracts and highlight credit risks
  • Ensure all contracts are executed in accordance with the company guidelines
  • Resolving any outstanding external and internal queries
  • Raise customer invoices and direct debit schedules in line with contracts
  • Post direct debits, deposit receipts and accurately maintain allocations
  • Collate and process purchase invoices, staff expenses and credit card returns
  • Assist with bank reconciliations and cash flow forecasts
  • Ad-hoc tasks
Required Skills and Experience:
  • At least 1 years’ experience in a similar role
  • Good IT and MS Excel skills
  • Experience using Sage (desired)
  • Great attention to detail
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent organisational and multi-tasking abilities
  • Able to quickly adapt to change
  • Work efficiently towards meeting deadlines
Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team, please contact Jack Moss at jmoss@axonmoore.com or on 07432597035 see our website at www.axonmoore.com