Part-Time Finance Assistant - Expenses & Credit ControlHeston | Wednesday–Friday | 9.00am–5.30pm | 22.5 hours per week | Permanent
Looking for a Finance role that genuinely works around your life? We’re looking for a
Finance Assistant to join an established Finance team based in Heston, working
Wednesday to Friday, 9.00am–5.30pm.
This is a hands-on role with a particular focus on
employee expenses and Credit Control, so we’re looking for someone with good accounting knowledge who is comfortable taking ownership, investigating queries and following things through to resolution.
Most importantly, this is a genuine long-term part-time opportunity. If you are specifically looking for a permanent three-day working week, this could be a great fit.
What are we looking for? We're looking for someone who has
genuine hands-on experience with employee expenses, rather than simply having processed finance data.
You'll ideally have: - Previous experience in a Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Purchase Ledger, AP or similar role
- Proven experience handling employee expenses, including cash and corporate credit card transactions
- Confidence chasing and questioning employees/managers when information or documentation is missing
- Experience investigating discrepancies and ensuring transactions are correctly recorded
- Previous Credit Control/customer ledger experience
- Good accounting knowledge – AAT or equivalent experience would be advantageous
- Experience with reconciliations, invoices, credit notes and payment allocation
- Good Excel and general IT skills
- Excellent attention to detail and a disciplined approach to documentation
- Good communication skills and the confidence to deal with queries professionally
- The ability to work independently, prioritise and meet deadlines
What will you be doing? - Taking ownership of the employee expenses process, including cash and company credit card expenses
- Processing expenses from start to finish, checking receipts, coding correctly and ensuring they are accurately recorded
- Chasing employees and managers for missing receipts, late submissions and approvals
- Investigating discrepancies, unusual claims and expenses that don't meet company policy
- Managing company credit card records and ensuring statements and supporting documentation are received
- Reconciling expenses and credit card statements, including month-end
- Preparing monthly and ad hoc expense reports
- Supporting employees and managers with expense-related queries
- Investigating invoice discrepancies and preparing invoice/credit note corrections where required
- Managing the customer ledger and ageing
- Chasing outstanding and overdue payments by telephone and email
- Allocating and reconciling customer receipts against invoices
- Maintaining accurate customer account records, payments, outstanding balances and credit notes
- Handling customer queries professionally and resolving issues promptly
- Supporting the wider Credit Control function when required
- Providing general finance administration and assisting with ad hoc projects
