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Our friendly and market leading company based within the manufacturing sector are looking for a Finance Assistant to join the team based in Heywood, Greater Manchester.

This is a temporary position with the potential to go permanent.

The responsibilities of the post holder and the essential/desirable skills and qualifications include:

Daily bank reconciliation
Daily/Weekly Cashflow forecasting and reporting to the Group Finance Manager
Sales Ledger Invoice processing, issuing of monthly Customer statements and allocation of payments
Credit control duties, analysis of due/overdue Accounts Receivables and contacting customers to secure payment dates
Purchase Ledger Invoice processing, Statement Reconciliation, analysis of due/overdue Accounts Payable and setting up bank payments to suppliers
Processing weekly & monthly wages and expense payments using Xero (with Pensions Module)
Weekly uploading of pension file contributions to the Company workplace pension provider
Deducting subcontractor tax for online monthly submission under the HMRC`s CIS programme
Issuing monthly CIS tax statements to subcontractors
Setting up Monthly PAYE/NIC/CIS payments to HMRC
Quarterly VAT reconciliation, return and setting up payment to HMRC
Creating project files & maintaining financial information within these files
Supervision of timesheet information which is entered on a weekly basis on Job Costing
Monitoring of costs & staged payment billings by project on Job Costing

Skills and Qualifications:
Essential:
AAT Full or Part Qualified or Qualified by experience with at least 2 years` experience in a similar role
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
High customer service ethos (internal & external)
Excellent. communication and organisational skills.
Can-do attitude and ability to work independently and within a team.
Self-confident, proactive and comfortable with taking initiative.
Ability to anticipate the needs of the company.

Desirable:
Experience of Xero Accounting and Payroll Software

Hours of employment:
32 hours per week with some flexibility on days/hours - to be discussed at interview

Please send your updated CV OR call me - (phone number removed)

Brook Street NMR is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy