Financial Assistant

Posted: 08.09.26

Job Description:

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Financial Assistant to join our busy team, working within our well-established and growing Canterbury based practice.

The Role:

Working within our treasury department you will assist the Partners with a range of Partnership functions, including:

• Regular bank reconciliations and associated transactions.
• Posting transactions on both QuickBooks and Xero software.
• Month end Management Accounts, including journals.
• Managing day to day transactions.
• Work closely with Treasury Partners to support cost control within budgets.
• Manage workload and performance of Treasury team members.
• Preparing financial documents such as invoices, accounts payable and receivable.
• Preparing and making payment runs.
• Submitting BACS transactions.
• General accounts administration, including maintaining files.
• Other tasks as assigned, and ad hoc work as requested.

This is a full-time office-based position, and the standard hours are 9.00am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday.

The Candidate:

The successful candidate should:

• Be at least AAT qualified.
• Previous experience of using accounting software, particularly QuickBooks and Xero.
• Have excellent verbal and written English, including a high level of grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Be Self-motivated, logical thinker with a professional attitude.
• Have a high level of discretion and confidentiality.
• A keen eye for detail and the ability to remain accurate under pressure.
• Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines is a must, as well as attention to detail plus the ability to communicate confidently with a wide range of people at all levels.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
• Have a minimum of 12 months in a previous role.

If you are a motivated, diligent individual looking for a new challenge, and would like to explore this exciting opportunity further, we would be delighted to hear from you.

To apply for this position, please send a CV and covering letter to jobs@burgesshodgson.co.uk