Senior Finance Assistant / Senior Accounts Assistant

📍 Chelmsford, Essex
💰 £35,000 - £38,000 + Excellent Benefits
🖥️ Office-based

Are you an experienced finance professional looking to take the next step in your career?

We're recruiting for a Senior Finance Assistant / Senior Accounts Assistant to join a well-established provider of business communication and security technology solutions. This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive finance team where you'll take ownership of key finance processes, play an important role in month-end activities, and mentor junior team members.

What you'll be doing:

• ✅ Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns across multiple entities
• ✅ Managing intercompany invoicing, recharges and reconciliations
• ✅ Reconciling intercompany balances and resolving discrepancies
• ✅ Completing daily and monthly bank reconciliations, including multi-currency accounts
• ✅ Posting accruals, prepayments and month-end journals
• ✅ Supporting month-end close and management accounts preparation
• ✅ Processing sales and purchase invoices
• ✅ Managing supplier payment runs and supplier statement reconciliations
• ✅ Maintaining accurate sales, purchase and nominal ledgers
• ✅ Monitoring aged debtors and creditors and resolving outstanding balances
• ✅ Reconciling balance sheet control accounts
• ✅ Supporting and mentoring Finance Assistants within the team