Sopra Steria
Finance Assistant
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Finance Assistant
Ready to take the next step in your finance career within a supportive and collaborative team? We're looking for a proactive and detail-focused Finance Assistant to join our growing team, where you'll play an important role in delivering high-quality financial services that make a real difference.
This is a varied opportunity that will give you exposure to a broad range of finance activities, from accounts payable and receivable processes to reconciliations, financial administration and budgeting support. Working alongside experienced colleagues in a structured and fast-paced environment, you'll build valuable knowledge across multiple finance disciplines while contributing to the accuracy and integrity of financial records.
You'll be joining a team that values teamwork, accountability and continuous improvement, where everyone works together to achieve shared goals and deliver excellent service to our client.
This is a permanent hybrid role with Newport as your base location, and you will be required to attend the office two days per week.
What you'll be doing:
- Processing and supporting a range of finance activities including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash administration and accounting tasks.
- Ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) are achieved through effective workload management and accurate processing.
- Taking ownership of day-to-day finance activities and escalating more complex issues where required.
- Supporting finance period close activities, reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting and journal processing.
- Investigating queries from customers and third parties, resolving issues where possible and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
- Contributing to continuous service improvement by identifying issues, providing feedback and supporting the production of key financial information.
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What you'll bring:
- Previous experience working within a finance environment.
- Strong Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word skills with confidence working with financial data.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy when working with numbers and data.
- Ability to organise and prioritise your workload to meet deadlines.
- Confidence using systems and handling data within a professional environment.
- A proactive approach to problem solving, accountability and supporting multiple finance processes.
It would be great if you had:
- Knowledge and experience of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, including Oracle.
- Experience delivering customer-focused service within a professional environment.
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Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.
Location: Newport (Hybrid working, with two days per week in the office).
Security Clearance Level: NPPV1.
Internal Recruiter: Becky.
Salary: £26,298 per annum.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave, plus BHols with the option to buy extra days, 4 x death in service life assurance, Health Cash plan, Pension, 3 days paid volunteering, 5 days paid carers leave and an opportunity to opt in for more specific benefits.
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We’re a leading provider in the UK of re-imagined Business Support Services powered by next generation technology. We combine the full power of Sopra Steria’s Insight, Technology and Transformation capabilities to deliver positive, meaningful and long-lasting outcomes for our clients. We’re the partner of choice for organisations who are looking to tackle the most complex problems with new solutions.
We empower our clients by providing innovative solutions and commercial models that help them meet their business needs, drive operational efficiencies, and deliver impactful value creation.
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