Finance Assistant | Outskirts of Ashford/Hybrid | £25K-£27K

Our client, a well-established business based on the outskirts of Ashford, is looking to appoint a Finance Assistant.
Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will be able to utilise pre-existing skills, whilst gaining additional knowledge through a combination of support a busy and varied office working alongside other member of the finance department.
You will be responsible for:

• Purchase ledger duties you will involve receiving and recording invoices onto our company software.
• Ensuring that invoices are authorised in a timely manner in order to avoid late payment.
• Matching stock invoices to purchase orders.
• Raising queries / credit requests for any incorrect quantities or pricing and liaising with the Cost Accountant and Inventory Manager.
• Preparation and reconciliation of cashbook.
• Dealing with foreign currencies, mainly EUR & USD.
• Reconciling intercompany balances and turnovers to a strict deadline.
• Ensure that all invoices, wherever possible are processed to enable the period to be closed, within the given timescales.
• Responsible for purchase ledger reconciliations and month end closing procedure
• Answering queries from suppliers and other departments about purchases or payments made.
• Offer support to other members of the purchase ledger team in their day-to-day activities.
• Please note that this list is not exhaustive and will be subject to workload at the time.
Key experience:
• At least 1-2 years’ experience in a similar role
• Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Excel and ideally previous experience of invoice matching to goods/stock receipts.

Candidate Profile:
• Have strong communication skills
• Can learn quickly and confidently manage deadlines
• Can work with a team and collaboratively across teams
• Can organise, prioritise, and multitask
• Have experience working in a fast paced and ever-growing business
• Strong attention to detail