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Finance Assistant
Finance Assistant – Brighton, UK
About the Role
FDM Group is seeking an enthusiastic professional to join our Brighton-based Finance Team as a Finance Assistant.
Reporting to the Credit Manager, the Finance Assistant will primarily focus on reconciliations and financial accuracy across international client accounts.
The role involves working with a portfolio of international clients who pay via self-billing, ensuring accurate and timely reconciliation of client remittances to internally raised invoices, investigating discrepancies, and maintaining the integrity of the sales ledger.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform detailed reconciliations of client remittances to sales ledger invoices, ensuring completeness and accuracy
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies, short payments, and allocation issues in a timely manner
- Maintain accurate cash allocation and account balance positions across international ledgers
- Take ownership of a portfolio of international clients from a reconciliation and query resolution perspective
- Collaborate with billing, sales, and operational teams to resolve root causes of reconciliation differences
- Improve and streamline reconciliation processes, controls, and reporting
- Support month-end processes, including ledger reviews, balance validations, and reporting
- Monitor and manage aged items primarily for query resolution (rather than collections focus)
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Specific Competencies
- Strong reconciliation experience and high attention to detail
- Excellent numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies
- Methodical and organised approach to managing high volumes of transactional data
- Ability to take ownership of issues and drive solutions to resolution
- Strong communication skills to liaise with internal and external stakeholders globally
- Problem-solving mindset with a focus on root cause analysis, escalation, and resolution
- Proficient in Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and data analysis techniques
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About FDM
FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, with over 35 years of industry expertise. Headquartered across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, our global workforce of over 2,500 employees drives growth, innovation, and operational excellence.
Our Awards & Recognition:
- Listed on the FTSE4Good Index (2024)
- Featured as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’
Diversity & Inclusion
FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment based on merit, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, provincial, or local laws.
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