Job Title: Finance Assistant

Location: Preston, Lancashire

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 + Benefits

We are working well-established business based in Preston who are looking for a Finance professional to join their team.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a business with excellent working culture and opportunities. This role will report to the Managing Director, you will be responsible managing the purchase ledger and Sales Ledger function within the business and work hand in hand with the accounts team.

Your main roles and responsibilities:

Process financial documents such as invoices, bills, and receipts
Support in the creation of financial reports
Manage purchase ledger and sales ledger function
Support Finance Manager with the month end process
Respond to inbound enquiries for the accounts function
Provide ad-hoc support to the finance department

The ideal candidate will have:

Previous Finance/Accounts experience
Excellent customer service
Excellent teamwork
Persistence and determination
Thorough attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office - Outlook, Excel and Word

Don't tick every box?

We encourage candidates to push themselves and to go for it! Whilst you might not meet all the criteria we're looking for, there are plenty of opportunities to develop yourself.

We also have additional vacancies like this one at a more junior and senior level, if you're not suitable for this position, we might have others that you'd like to hear about! Nothing ventured is nothing gained.

For immediate consideration please submit an updated CV to this advert, the client is happy to wait if the right person has a notice period.

What's next?

Candidates who are successfully shortlisted will be invited to a registration with Thomas ahead of submitting your CV to the client. We will have a good chat regarding your career and how we can help.

Following this, your CV will be sent off with a consultant overview to secure you the interview. The interview process will be two stages with a competency-based test