Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant Tamworth Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits Permanent – 37.5 Hours per week Are you a detail-oriented finance professional looking for a role where you can make a real impact, develop your skills, and build a long-term career in accounting and finance? At Lovell, we're looking for a motivated Finance Assistant to join our Finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to gain exposure to a wide range of finance activities, work closely with experienced finance leaders, and receive support towards a professional qualification such as CIMA or ACCA. What you'll be doing As a Finance Assistant, you'll support the Finance Business Partner and wider Finance team with a variety of financial reporting and accounting activities. This includes preparing balance sheet reconciliations, assisting with month-end reporting, producing financial reports, supporting customer credit checks and tender submissions, and helping to monitor cash receipts and achieve monthly cash targets. You'll also maintain fixed asset records, perform bank reconciliations, manage invoice registers and support the external audit process. In addition, you'll assist with Anaplan administration, respond to user queries and contribute to finance projects and process improvements that help drive efficiency and add value across the business. What we're looking for We're keen to hear from ambitious individuals who are eager to build a successful career in finance. You'll ideally have: • A degree (2:1 or above) in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related subject, or an AAT Level 4 qualification (or equivalent) • Strong numerical and analytical skills • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy • Good Excel skills, including formulas and data analysis • The ability to investigate and resolve financial discrepancies • Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills • A genuine interest in progressing towards a professional accounting qualification If you're looking for a role where you can develop your finance expertise, gain exposure to key business activities and be supported on your professional qualification journey, we'd love to hear from you. Benefits • Bonus entitlement based on performance KPIs • Holidays 26 days • Life Assurance • Pension • Private medical insurance • Ability to purchase additional holiday • Access to discount portal • Cycle to Work scheme and the Lovell Way to EV • Digital GP • Employee assistance programme • Sharesave scheme As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing development and regeneration projects. We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people. Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams. The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all.