Finance Assistant

Ashley Kate Finance are pleased to be partnering with a fantastic professional services business based in Dorset for a Finance Assistant/Cashier role.

This role is very flexible in that it could accommodate part time or full-time working hours.

Circa £21,000 (pro-rated for a part timer)

Do you have Experience in working in an accounting role?

Are you organised with an eye for detail?

Able to work well in a team and able to deal with a high volume of work?

The purpose of the role is to support and facilitate an exemplary finance service internal users and external clients; ensuring you always meet compliance and best practice standards.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Being able to complete all paperwork relating to online banking
• Filing paperwork relating to online banking
• Recording information relating to online banking
• Processing BACS / CHAPS payments, TT’s and money transfers both GBP and international
• Handling property transactions – checking completion statements and keying in the payments onto the Bankline, ensuring the correct funds are available and funds are sent in a timely manner
• Obtaining reports for all main accounts ensuring all transactions are posted to the firm’s accounting system
• Reconciling balances with client and office bank statements.
• Completing month end procedures
• Preparing month end reports
• Dealing with out-of-date cheques
• Amending/creating standing orders
• Chasing up unclaimed funds received on a regular basis
• Checking interest if requested and update ledgers
• Analysing client account ledgers

Finance Assistant – About you
Essential requirements:

• Experience in working in an accounting role
• Organised and an eye for detail – Accuracy must be of a high level
• Able to work well in a team and able to deal with a high volume of work
• Professional and polite manner in all dealings with both internal and
• external contacts

Please get in touch with Damian Salvatore for further information 0203 800 1500