Finance Assistant (Cashiering)
Hiring manager: James North
Closing Date 7th March 2025
The Opportunity
The Finance Assistant is responsible for ensuring the accurate, timely posting of information on the finance system.
The role will involve:
• Importing daily records of cheques/BACS/other electronic transfers.
• Electronically filing remits and correspondence.
• Allocating cash to the correct sales/purchase invoices in the finance system.
• Processing customer refunds and returned cheques.
• Importing invoice data from SAP Concur into FinancialForce, ensuring invoices are validated, any errors are corrected and added to the Accounts Payable KPI log.
• Upload cheques to the bank via an on-site scanning system.
• Supporting the rest of the Finance team during busy periods/holidays.
About You
To be successful in the Finance Assistant role you will be someone who comes from a similar background, or you will have a strong interest in building a career in the finance industry. We are looking for someone with a strong attention for detail and the confidence to learn.
You will also have/be:
• 5 GCSEs, including Maths & English Language (A-C) or equivalent.
• Recent accounts experience, including operation of electric accounting systems.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills with internal and external contacts.
• Strong reconciliation skills to identify issues and a methodical approach to resolving them.
• Proactive task management, using initiative when prioritising own workload, and remaining flexible to quickly assist colleagues with priority work whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Basic Excel skills, with the ability to sort and filter data, and use simple formulae.
• Working understanding of the double-entry accounting principle.
• Knowledge of VAT rates.
Top Skills
What We Do
Landmark Information, part of the Daily Mail General Trust, is the UK’s leading provider of land and property search information, including digital mapping, environmental risk reports and sophisticated property management tools to all property professionals such as Architects, Surveyors, Lenders, Environmental Consultants and Estate Agents. Giving access to the largest repository of professional mapping and data in the UK – including, small and large scale digital mapping and data, GIS, historical maps, aerial photography and site intelligence reports, together with high-quality environmental risk and planning information. our focus on quality data enables us to provide unrivalled expertise and solutions that create peace of mind for our customers. We work closely with industry leaders including Ordnance Survey, the Environment Agency, the Coal Authority and the British Geological Survey which enables Landmark to offer the most accurate data and information which has established Landmark as one of the largest geographical information databases in Europe.
