Job Description
Finance Assistant (Reconciliations) | £27,000 – £30,000 | Manchester (Hybrid)
ALF Recruit are working with growing Financial Serrvice business in Manchester who are looking for a Finance Assistant to join their team. This is a reconciliations-focused role, not a general finance assistant job. You’ll join a specialist reconciliations team and make sure customer and company funds are reconciled accurately every day in line with regulatory requirements.
It’s busy and the volumes are high, so it suits someone who likes getting numbers to balance and wants to find out why when they don’t. Full training is provided, so it’s a great first step for someone who wants to build a career in reconciliations.
What you’ll get
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£27,000 – £30,000 depending on experience
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Hybrid working, with access to the Manchester office
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Free onsite parking
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23 days’ holiday plus birthday off, bank holidays and increasing with years of service
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Company pension, Virtual GP and an employee assistance programme
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Full training in a regulated environment
What you’ll be doing
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Completing daily internal and external reconciliations
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Reconciling high volumes of transactions using an automated reconciliation tool
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Checking statement balances and making sure all data has loaded correctly
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Investigating discrepancies and working with operational teams to resolve them
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Supporting the reconciliation of corporate and customer accounts
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Reconciling and paying out third-party settlement funds
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Getting daily reconciliations signed off on time
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Supporting risk and project testing as you develop
What we’re looking for
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Strong numeracy and a real eye for detail
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Good Excel skills, including basic formulae
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An enquiring mind and the confidence to raise issues when something doesn’t look right
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The ability to work to tight daily deadlines
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Any experience in reconciliations, payments or finance would be a bonus
If you’re looking for your first step into reconciliations, or want to move away from general finance admin into something more specialist, this is a strong place to start.
Apply directly or get in touch with Cassidy at ALF Recruitt
