Senior Finance Assistant

Senior Finance Assistant required in Sherborne Dorset.

• Title is Senior Finance Assistant - candidates will ideally be AAT level 4 qualified with practice experience rather than an ACCA/ACA trainee
• Salary - up to max 32k
• Full-time - Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.15pm with a one-hour unpaid lunch break between 1 and 2pm
• Office based

You will be responsible for the day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting through to management accounts/financial statements including audits where required for a variety of entities/family interests. These include limited companies operating in the financial consultancy and property sectors.

You will be expected to:

- Ensure all finance functions and accounting records are maintained accurately and in a timely manner
- Undertake all prime entry bookkeeping tasks ensuring all income and costs have been appropriately approved, recorded accurately and VAT where applicable is correctly treated
- Administer all payments runs to the required frequency culminating in a weekly bank reconciliation where needed
- Prepare VAT returns ensuring these are submitted on time
- Maintain all fixed asset registers, ledgers and control accounts accurately
- Undertake credit control if required
- Produce management accounts and year end statutory accounts files for internal and external audit review
- Prepare regular reports not limited to actual v budget cost summaries and profit forecasts as an example
- Undertake project work as required
- Provide holiday and sickness cover for other team members when needed
- Report to the Team Leader or Deputy Head of Office as work requires

We are looking for an individual who:

- Is working towards their accountancy qualification, recently qualified or qualified by experience with at least five years of relevant experience, ideally within practice.
- Has experience of accounting for transactions that are subject to VAT
- Can proactively prioritise their own work as this role deals with a high volume of information
- Has integrity, discretion and the ability to deal with confidential information
- Has excellent administration and communication skills (both written and verbal with attention to detail)
- Is tactful, diplomatic and approachable, with the ability to deal assertively with a wide range of people
- Has excellent IT skills, a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office and experience of using accounting software
- Is flexible and willing to learn
- Enjoys working on their own or as part of a wider team, being a team player is key

Fantastic benefits including-

Payment of your annual professional qualification membership subscription

Ongoing CPD to enhance your knowledge, skills and experience

10% employer pension contribution

Option to make additional pension contributions through salary sacrifice

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Individual BUPA cover

Life insurance 4 x gross salary