Job Description

Brook Street is recruiting for a new permanent Finance Assistant for our Belfast client

Job Purpose will be to support the Senior Assistant Accountant and Finance Manager in providing a confidential and customer focused finance service to the organisation.

Duties

• Processing large volumes of data on Sage ledgers quickly and accurately with attention to detail.
• Supporting the stock management processes, processing stock movements and generating store re-order reports. Assisting in periodic stock takes.
• Registering Purchase Ledger invoices and matching them to Goods Received notes, ensuring accurate pricing and liaising with suppliers regarding discrepancies and to request credit notes if required.
• Processing purchase requisitions.
• Raising purchase orders on the Sage accounting system and issuing these to suppliers.
• Reconciliation of statements and preparing government returns.
• Daily banking procedures
• Processing daily bank lodgements in a timely manner and ensuring all relevant paperwork is passed on to the relevant person.
• Assisting in month end procedures by processing journals and preparing month end reconciliations for bank and fixed assets.
• Responsibility for general administration duties pertaining to the role including filing paperwork.

Criteria:

• Minimum of 5 GCSE's (grades A-C) or equivalent including Maths and English language
• Experience within an office environment
• Excellent communication skills.
• IT Literate particularly with Microsoft Excel.
• High standard of numeracy, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to work as part of a dedicated team.
• A professional and flexible approach is required.
• Ability to process high volumes of data with speed and accuracy.

Desirable

• Experience with account procedures, aged debt ledgers, reconciliation etc.
• Experience of working with accounting packages.
• Experience in dealing with customers, both corporate and individual.
• Experience of working within an accounting environment.

The starting salary is £18,500 per annum with a review to increase on completion of the 6-month probation period.

Hours of work are 37 per week. Monday-Thursday 8.30am-5pm and Friday 8.30am-4.30pm.

The closing date is midnight on 30th January 2022.

Please send CV via the apply link