Finance Assistant

• Work collaboratively with the Senior Finance Assistant to drive high levels of engagement across the Finance Department and its systems
• Support the Senior Finance Assistant by providing administration for new financial support services that AIS can provide centrally to benefit our members
• Work with all merchandise areas across the business to support them with customer, member and supplier relationships
• Process supplier documents, raise customer invoices and deliver quality customer support
• Prepare payment runs for suppliers and employee expenses
• Submit payments and direct debits for the whole department to the bank and complete bank reconciliations within required timeframes
• Undertake credit control duties to ensure all monies are collected when due
• Develop relationships with customers, members and suppliers to ensure any queries or issues are dealt with in a proactive manner and changes in circumstances are reported as quickly as possible
• Ensure Finance policies and procedures are adhered to
• Undertake any other duties as may, from time to time, be required by the Company

• Previous experience in a finance role, dealing with transactional level documents and queries
• Good working knowledge of Excel and MS Office applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, proactive, and diligent
• Effective interpersonal skills ensuring queries are dealt with efficiently and with tact
• Attention to detail with a high standard of accuracy for all work
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, ability to prioritise multiple tasks
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills with a high level of professionalism
• Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines

Working towards a finance qualification (AAT/CIMA/ACCA) is desired

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Opportunity to buy additional annual leave (up to 10 days per leave year for full-time, permanent employees)
• Birthday leave
• Company pension scheme
• Employee Wellbeing Scheme & Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Charity / Volunteering Leave
• Free employee parking
• Onsite catering service (subsidised rate for employees)
• Access to discounts and staff sales
• Employee engagement calendar and activities throughout the year