Finance Assistant

You will be responsible for the timely and accurate accounting of income, expenditure and assisting in producing finance reports for Garden Organic and its subsidiaries.

You will be reporting to our Finance and Compliance Manager and your core responsibilities and main duties are as follows:

• Administer the sales ledgers, working with other departments and managers, to raise timely invoices and credit notes. Maintain strong working relationships with debtors to ensure prompt payment of invoices.
• Administer the purchase ledgers, supporting other departments and managers, ensuring accurate accounting of invoices/other expenses. Oversee purchase order process. Maintain strong working relationships with key suppliers and internal customers.
• Be aware of VAT intricacies and ensure VAT is accurately accounted for within ledgers. Responsible for the quarterly VAT Returns.
• Work with Management Accountant to ensure accurate accounting within monthly accounts of both sales and expenditure, including monthly reconciliation of key control accounts. Account for accruals and prepayments relating to income and expenditure.
• Support Line Manager’s responsibility for cashflow, preparing weekly list of creditors to be paid, managing bank balances/transfers and reconciling bank accounts.
• Process payments/receipts via BACS, cheques, CHAPS and PDQs and related reports as appropriate.
• Support accounting for restricted and unrestricted projects, meeting requirements of project managers and providing information as required.
• Oversee intercompany accounts and complete monthly reconciliations.
• Ensure all petty cash is appropriately managed and reconciled on a monthly basis.
• Provide assistance to other members of the Corporate Resources Department as and when required.

What we are looking for:

Our ideal candidate will bring energy and enthusiasm to the role as well as proven experience in the field of finance, together with a willingness to learn. You will ideally have finance and management accounting experience. We will consider applicants who are qualified by (proven) experience.

What we can offer:

• Salary: £25,000 to £29,000
• 25 days Holiday plus bank holidays and additional leave at Christmas (pro-rata)
• Additional long service holiday
• Group Pension Scheme with 8% employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Salary Extras benefits platform (Instant discount scheme and health, wellbeing and financial support)
• We Care benefits platform (With access to virtual GP consultations, nutritionist support, get fit programmes, smoking cessation and further health and wellbeing support)
• TOIL for additional hours worked
• Life Assurance
• Garden Organic membership