Finance Assistant
Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm specializing in personal injury claims, headquartered in Manchester. They are seeking a Finance Assistant to manage supplier invoices and payment processes, liaise with legal professionals, and ensure compliance and accuracy in financial records.
Responsibilities
- Managing supplier invoices and payment processes
- Liaising with legal professionals, medical experts, and treatment providers
- Conducting supplier reconciliations and resolving discrepancies
- Analysing and manipulating data using Excel
- Importing and maintaining financial data accurately within internal systems
- Raising and processing invoices where required
- Ensuring invoices are correctly authorised and compliant before payment
- Handling invoice queries and resolving disputes professionally
- Maintaining accurate records and batch logs
- Supporting the wider accounts payable and finance processes
Skills
- Strong Excel skills, including experience with: VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, Power Query, Data analysis and manipulation
- Experience carrying out supplier reconciliations and managing high volumes of transactions
- Understanding of the Accounts Payable process cycle from start to finish
- Experience checking supplier invoices for: Quantity and pricing accuracy, VAT compliance, Credit terms, Authorisation, Dates and reference numbers
- Excellent attention to detail when inputting financial data
- Experience importing data into computer systems
- Understanding of pro-forma invoices
- Confidence in approving invoices for payment following appropriate checks
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
- Able to work effectively in a busy, fast-paced environment
- Confident communicating with suppliers and professional contacts
- Proactive and able to manage their own workload independently
- A strong problem-solver with excellent numerical skills
- A team player with a positive and professional attitude
- Committed to delivering excellent customer service
- Experience raising sales invoices would be advantageous
Benefits
- Hybrid working – 3/2 hybrid working pattern after probation.
- 23 days of holiday - Rising to 26 days, plus bank/public holidays.
- Extra Holidays - 3 holiday buy backs and an extra day for your birthday after service length requirement.
- Looking After Your Health - Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service, annual flu jab and Employee Assistance Programme.
- Looking After Your Well-being - 24/7 onsite Gym, Netball/Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
- Work Life / Balance - Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
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