Finance Assistant

Huddersfield - UK

Monthly Salary: GBP 25 - 27

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job title: Finance Assistant

Department: Finance

Location: Huddersfield

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: Competitive

Were looking for a Finance Assistant to be part of our success story.

**Listed in the 2022 Sunday Times 100: Britains fastest-growing private companies.
**Great career development opportunities grow with us.

About the role

Finance Assistants are pivotal in managing Avants financial operations and are responsible for tasks such as reconciling insurer payments credit control invoicing reporting and providing administrative support. A significant aspect of the role involves addressing payment queries given Avants intricate payment processes. The role demands high efficiency in updating and maintaining all systems.

Key responsibilities

Ensure the accurate and swift processing of supplier payments and invoices maintaining a consistent flow of financial transactions.
Manage incoming communications including emails and phone calls effectively addressing inquiries and resolving issues through collaboration with relevant departments and teams.
Execute comprehensive credit control activities to secure the timely collection of outstanding debts.
Diligently update and maintain customer information within databases guaranteeing both accuracy and completeness
Regularly conduct account and system reconciliations to detect and correct discrepancies.
Rigorously adhere to both client-specific and general business payment processing protocols ensuring seamless financial operations.
Proactively escalate issues related to non-payment and other financial concerns to the Finance Manager.
Address and resolve queries promptly demonstrating a commitment to excellent service.
Provide versatile ad-hoc support to the finance department contributing to a wide range of tasks as needed.

Skills and experience

Level 2 AAT or equivalent (preferred but not essential).
Qualified by experience in finance.
Motivated and wants to develop both personally and professionally.
The ability to work autonomously.
Confident and focused.
A can-do attitude.
Self-driven and motivated to accomplish tasks efficiently and meet deadlines.
Excellent team worker.
Highly effective communicator both face-to-face and on the phone.
Excellent written communication skills.
A keen eye for detail to ensure accuracy in financial transactions and data management.
Demonstrates positivity in approaching tasks and challenges fostering a proactive and problem-solving mindset.
Ability to effectively communicate and resolve queries with internal and external stakeholders.
Basic to intermediate skills in spreadsheet and word processing software.

Benefits

33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
Personal health cash plan claim back the cost of things like dentist and optical check ups
Enhanced maternity / paternity / adoption / shared parental pay
Life assurance: three times basic salary
Free breakfasts and fruit
Birthday surprise for everybody!

What you can expect from us

At Activate Group looking after team members is a major priority. Whether youre at our smart Halifax or Peterborough offices one of our AAR sites or working from home well make sure you have all the support you need to succeed.

From benefits that put your health and wellbeing first to impressive rewards for our employee of the month and little perks like free fruit and cereal well go out of our way to show how much we appreciate you.

A bit about us

Named by the Sunday Times as one of the UKs 100 fastest-growing private companies we employ more than 700 team members nationwide.

We work with some of the UKs largest fleets and insurance companies supporting drivers that have been involved in a road incident at our contact centres in Halifax and Peterborough.

We look after every step of the repair process repairing vehicles at our own Activate Accident Repair body shops and through a UK-wide network of independent repair partners.

Want to know what its like to work with us Take a look at our purpose and values. They define who we are and how we work with team members customers and suppliers:

Purpose: Make someones bad day better

Values:

Make it happen Be accountable. Take the initiative work fast and do a great job.
Strive for better Be bold. Challenge the norm make small improvements often.
Win together Be a team-player. Win together learn together respect each other.

Job title: Finance AssistantDepartment: Finance Location: HuddersfieldHours: 40 hours per week Salary: Competitive Were looking for a Finance Assistant to be part of our success story.**Listed in the 2022 Sunday Times 100: Britains fastest-growing private companies.**Great career development opportu...