Finance Operations Assistant
Manchester - UK
Job Summary
Finance Assistant
Oxford or Manchester
Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme
Monday Friday (37.5 hours per week - hybrid)
Ourperks
- 25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years service) plus bank holidays to take time to recharge and do something you love.
- Private Medical - via vitality with reward schemes paid for you and your family.
- Health cash plan - via health shield for employees and children claiming money back for dental optical etc
- Pension Oodle will contribute 5% of your salary into your pension pot to help you save for the future.
- Free breakfastdrinksand fruit in the office you can help yourself to cereals toast fizzydrinksand lots of fruit.
- Employee discounts discounts you can access anywhere anytime for all major shops.
- 1 day volunteer day per yearan opportunity to give back to the community each year.
- Mental health care 6 free counselling sessions via our EAP (Employee Assistance Programme).
- Paid sick leave enhanced company sick pay.
- Enhanced family leave we provide enhanced family leave for primary and secondary caregivers.
Oodle who are we
For too long car buyers have had to negotiate a confusing tired and fragmented marketplace that is light years behind other retail sectors. Until now. We are ripping up the rule book and breaking the mould of a lender in the used-car market. Oodle Car Finance is changing the way people buy cars by putting our customers needs front and centre by building modern digital retail processes around what the customeractually needs.
We primarily provide loans for our customers and link them up with some of the UKs best car dealers. Since launching in 2016 the company has seen huge growth and success as itattemptsto disrupt the second biggest retail market in the UK.
We only hire exceptional individuals to join our team. We need outstanding people with strong academic achievements along with buckets full of energy desire curiosity and a can-do attitude to thrive in a fast-paced (and fun) entrepreneurial environment. Everyone at Oodle has an input on how we develop and how we change the game.
The Role
This Finance Operations Assistant role reports into the Finance Operations Manager. This role is an entry into Finance and is ideal for someone who is looking to develop their career in Finance. This role will play a crucial role in supporting the team by processing our customers financial transactions processing our business expenses and invoices and ensuring a smooth running of day-to-day financial operations.
What youll be getting up to:
- Process payments to our intermediaries for advances and commissions and other routine payments.
- Allocate customer payments to their agreements.
- Process customer refunds and redress payments ensuring compliance with internal procedures.
- Process and record supplier invoices accurately and in a timely manner.
- Reconcile and process employee expense claims ensuring adherence to company policies.
- Act as a key point of contact for finance-related queries building effective relationships and delivering excellent support to colleagues across the business.
- Work with our wider Finance Teams to help drive business performance.
- Assist with audits and requests for financial information by providing accurate documentation.
This role will be a great fit if you have:
- A desire to start your careerin a finance role.
- Basic understanding of finance and accounting principles.
- Proficiencyin Microsoft Office especially Excel including LOOKUPs & Pivot tables.
- Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- A willingness to learn and develop.
Hiring Process
- Preliminary Interview (15 mins)
- Competency/Test (30 mins)
- Final Interview (1hour)
Our Values
Our values are our personal brand and lay the foundation of what we care about the most. They provide us with guidance so we can work towards the same goals. They are our DNA and are kept at the forefront of our Oodlers mind when making business decisions.
- Embrace being human empathy and diversity make us stronger.
- Strive for awesome its awesome when we do better every day.
- Everyones a builder were in this together and we win as a team.
- Bravely honest were honest with ourselves and everyone else.
- Think customer theyre at the heart of everything we do.
To find out more about our culture and what happens at Oodle check out our LinkedIn and Instagram.
Oodle is proud to be an inclusive workplace and we recognise diversity of experience thoughts and backgrounds leads to better customer outcomes and an environment where our colleagues can thrive. We have several DEI networks which are made up of our Oodlers who strive to make positive impacts to our cultures.
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Required Experience:
Junior IC