Interim Finance Assistant

• Locations

  Ilkeston, Derbyshire

• Salary

  £96 - £120 per day

• Sector

  Finance, Procurement & Legal, Operations/Transactional Finance, Part Qualified Accounts

• Type

  Contract / Interim

Finance Assistant
Morgan Hunt is working with a College in Ilkeston to recruit a Finance Assistant. This is a part-time role, requiring 22.2 hours per week (Tues – Thurs), paying up to £17 Umbrella and will be based on site.

Job Purpose

To maintain an efficient cashier function, credit control, and sales/purchase ledger support for the College and its subsidiaries.

Key Responsibilities of the Finance Assistant:

• Cashiering and Receipting: Receive and process payments from various college departments, ensuring proper cash handling, reconciliation, and preparation for banking.
• Ledger Management: Input and process sales ledger invoices, post and allocate sales ledger receipts, and support purchase ledger functions as needed.
• Reconciliations: Reconcile till records, credit card transactions, and bank accounts, ensuring accuracy across all financial records.
• Credit Control and Debt Recovery: Assist in credit control duties, debt collection, and liaising with departments to resolve outstanding payments.
• Customer Service: Provide professional and courteous service to both internal and external customers, helping resolve queries as they arise.
• Compliance and Best Practices: Ensure adherence to College financial regulations, Health & Safety policies, Data Protection requirements, and Equal Opportunities standards.

Required Competencies:

• Strong Communication Skills: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external customers.
• Organisational and Analytical Skills: Proven ability to manage and organise financial documentation efficiently, with a keen attention to accuracy.
• Financial System Proficiency: Experience with computerised accounting systems and an understanding of credit control, debt collection, and banking processes.
• Professionalism: Enthusiastic, proactive, and reliable with an ethical approach to handling sensitive financial information.

Required Knowledge:

• Knowledge: Familiarity with credit control, sales ledger, cashier functions, debt collection, and banking processes.

Interviews and start date are ASAP! Please apply NOW if interested!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual’s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.