Finance Officer

Job Description

Anderson Knight is pleased to partner with our client for the role of Finance Officer. This is an excellent opportunity for a Part-Qualified (PQ) Accountant or an individual who is qualified by experience (QBE) in a similar finance role to join a busy and collaborative finance team.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate monthly management accounts, including trial balances, profit and loss accounts, balance sheets and actual versus budget variance analysis.
• Manage and maintain the general ledger, cashbook, sales ledger and purchase ledger processes.
• Complete regular bank and balance sheet reconciliations, investigating outstanding and aged items and ensuring issues are resolved promptly.
• Raise and process invoices for internal and external customers, ensuring revenue is accurately recorded and recognised.
• Support credit control activities, including monitoring aged debt, investigating outstanding balances and taking appropriate action to resolve issues.
• Maintain accurate financial records and supporting schedules.
• Maintain the fixed asset register and ensure assets are accurately recorded and accounted for.
• Prepare and input financial information for internal reporting and consolidation purposes.
• Identify opportunities to improve, streamline and automate existing finance processes.
• Assist with month-end and year-end processes, including supporting external audit requirements.
• Ensure all financial reporting and deadlines are completed accurately and within agreed timescales.
• Assist with the preparation of financial information, reconciliations and schedules as required.
• Provide support to the wider finance team with ad hoc analysis and other duties as required.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and help identify more efficient ways of working.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the wider business and communicate financial information clearly and confidently.

Candidate Requirements

• Studying towards ACCA, CIMA or Qualified by experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience working within a finance function, ideally with responsibility for a range of transactional and management accounting duties.
• Good understanding of accounting fundamentals and experience working up to trial balance.
• Practical experience of month-end processes and management accounts preparation.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence using Microsoft Office packages.
• Good attention to detail with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Highly organised, responsive and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Confident communicator who can build positive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• A proactive and flexible approach, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team.
• A willingness to identify improvements and take ownership of tasks through to completion