Working Pattern: 30-40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 52 weeks per year Hours of work flexible and agreed at interview with the right candidate Location: Remote (with occasional office days in CB5) Responsible to: Finance Director Salary: 15.50 - 16.00 per hour (24,180 - 33,280 per annum) The Company: Lunchtime Co. is a successful and respected regional company providing over five million school lunches to children in schools across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and London. We are passionate about our people and believe in a collaborative approach to businesses, whilst rewarding our teams and ensuring our customers are at the heart of what we do. We believe in internal progression to enable our staff to grow and flourish. The Job: We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Finance Assistant who can make a valuable contribution to our Finance Department. Benefits: Monday to Friday only No evenings, weekends or bank holidays 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays Excellent work/life balance Company pension Recognised training qualifications Friendly, experienced and professional team Person Specification: Minimum of 3 years experience working in a busy finance office AAT Level 3 qualified or above, or qualified by experience Excellent communication skills both spoken and written Competent with Microsoft Office packages Strong Excel skills for data manipulation and analysis Familiar with Sage accounting software, or similar platforms (Sage Intacct would be an advantage). Experience in payroll processing High level of accuracy and ability to identify errors in financial data. Ability to interpret financial data and draw meaningful conclusions. Willingness to collaborate with colleagues and support the wider team with their requests Experience supervising junior colleagues. Ability to manage your workload in a fast-paced environment where multitasking is often required Role and Responsibilities: Data entry and record keeping Accurate inputting financial data into accounting software, maintaining organised financial records and reconciling bank/card statements Company expense claims Maintaining company expenses software and processing and reconciling expenses claims daily and monthly Compliance and audit support Ensuring accuracy of records kept and assisting with gathering necessary documentation as and when required, adhering to company policies and relevant financial regulations Invoice processing /Accounts receivables Raising invoices to clients, payment collection, reconciliation, client communication and prompt query solving Budget support Assisting finance colleagues and management team with budget preparations and reviews Financial reporting and analysis Performing basic data analysis to support trends and performance monitoring, assisting with month end/year end reporting and reconciliations Collaboration and communication Providing financial information to other departments and managers, responding to various data requests in a timely and accurate manner, communicating financial data to non-finance stakeholders Supervise the Junior Finance Assistant and provide support and advice as necessary Collaborate with your senior finance colleagues to ensure accurate and timely purchase and sales ledger data processing and collaborating on various finance tasks and projects, as required Supporting the Payroll Manager with monthly payroll completion as required Please note: Due to high volumes of applications received, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of your application, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Job Title
Senior Finance Assistant