Finance Assistant

Job Description:

Finance Assistant – Leicester (On-site)
Salary: £28,000 – £30,000 + benefits
Type: Permanent | Hours: 37.5 hours per week | Location: Leicester, LE9
Working style: Fully on-site (no hybrid)
Cherry Professional is recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a well-established, multi-entity business (c.13 entities) with a friendly finance team of 4. This is a solid, hands-on AP/AR/reconciliations role, ideal for an Accounts Assistant or practice bookkeeper who enjoys a steady, transactional position.
The role
You’ll be supporting the finance function across several parts of the group, including:

• Sales Ledger for 3 trade businesses (including high-volume ledgers)
• Purchase Ledger & Sales Ledger for a commercial rentals portfolio (office parks and business parks)
• Bank / balance sheet reconciliations
• General bookkeeping support across the group

What we’re looking for

• Experience in a similar Finance Assistant / Accounts Assistant / Bookkeeper role
• Exposure to accounting software such as QuickBooks, Xero or Sage
• Confident Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs
• Someone who’s happy in a role with a strong transactional focus (limited progression, but there may be opportunities to develop over time)

Benefits

• On-site parking
• Pension
• Healthcare scheme
• Death in service
• 25 days holiday
• Support available for AAT studies (where relevant)

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