Finance Assistant

Cheltenham
3 days ago
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What’s in it for you?

  • Opportunity to join a collaborative finance team with exposure to a wide range of financial processes

  • Hands-on experience supporting key finance operations and projects

  • Varied role with opportunities to develop skills across accounts payable, expenses, and reporting

  • Involvement in important finance initiatives and improvement projects

    Must have’s

  • Strong IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

  • Good communication and interpersonal skills

  • Strong organisational and time management skills

  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities

  • High level of discretion when handling confidential information

  • Proactive mindset with the ability to use initiative to solve problems

  • Ability to work collaboratively within a team and support wider finance functions

    Nice to have’s

  • Knowledge or experience within the general insurance sector

    So, what will you be doing?

  • Logging, coding, and scanning invoices and employee expenses

  • Managing the accounts payable mailbox and handling related queries

  • Processing employee expense claims, invoices, and credit card expenses for approval

  • Producing expense reports and running payment processes

  • Supporting treasury processes and maintaining the approved suppliers list

  • Assisting with the preparation of expense accruals

  • Administering finance policies and procedures

  • Supporting projects to automate payment processes

  • Assisting the finance team with ad hoc tasks and projects

  • Supporting year-end activities and annual data collection processes

  • Assisting with company insurance renewal data preparation

  • Maintaining delegated authority records and sign-off processes

  • Supporting maintenance of internal finance documentation and systems

    Helpful extras

  • Awareness of risk management principles within a finance environment

  • Commitment to maintaining information security standards and policies

  • Ability to identify and report risks appropriately while supporting operational processes

    Interested? Send your CV to Cat @ 'i2i Recruitment today!
    Our mission of ‘Making Recruitment Personal’ also means making recruitment fair. As a result, we are committed to reviewing every application with a sense of diversity and inclusion.
    We strive to personally connect with each applicant, but due to the number of applications we receive, this is not always possible. We will still aim to update you on your application, regardless of if it’s successful

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