Finance Assistant

Job Title: Finance Assistant

Location: The Meadows, Camberley - Hybrid 2 days from home

Brand: LRG

Salary: Competitive

About Us: 

LRG are an award-winning national property company, who are going through exciting periods of growth and offer tailored training and development programmes at all levels. With over 300 branches across England and Wales we have a reputation for perfection and delivering an outstanding customer experience. Investment in people is built into our culture, and there are opportunities for driven individuals to achieve their career aspirations within the company.

Job Summary and key responsibilities 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Working as part of a dynamic Finance Team, this role will be responsible timely for processing invoices, bank postings and credit cards and making BACS payments with the correct approvals.

• Maintaining internal controls using PO’s, accurate coding and authorisation sign offs.

• Answering and resolving supplier queries in a timely manner.

• Ensuring timely processing of invoices to enable accurate reporting of Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and Bank Balances feeding into the management accounts and ad-hoc requests relating to costs to support the Finance Managers and Management Accountants.

• Ensure all purchase ledger accounts are accurate and updated on system

• Accurate and timely recording of all supplier invoices, bank transactions and credit card costs

• Ensure all costs are properly authorised by the relevant party prior to payment

• Ensure all credit card statements are authorised and posted on system on a monthly basis

• Ensure accurate and timely payment of all suppliers and expenses

• Bank reconciliations

• Ensure daily banking of all cheques and obtaining petty cash when instructed

• Ensure all purchase orders are processed through Medius, identifying/escalating any non-compliant invoices

• Resolving any issues with Purchase Orders, working collaboratively with departments to ensure correct sign off & procedures are followed

• Request and reconcile supplier statements on a regular basis

• Run Aged Creditors report – flag any credits and severely overdue invoices and identify missing invoices

• Set up & Maintenance of Supplier accounts, including regular reconciliations

• Dealing with supplier queries

• Compile information for external auditors as and when required

• Update of bank cash reporting and intercompany transfers when required

• Regular Aged Creditors Reports, Monthly Cost Analysis and other ad hoc as required

What are we looking for:

• Ideally have been in an AP role for at least 2 years

• Experience of multi-site businesses with high volumes of data and cost centres is desired

• Excellent attention to detail

• Intermediate and above excel skills

• Good written and oral communication 

What we can offer you: 

• Proven track record for career growth and advancement within the company 

• Market leading training and ongoing professional development  

• Supportive and collaborative team environment 

Benefits: 

• Competitive salary package

• Quarterly and yearly awards

• Salary sacrifice pension scheme  

• Generous Holiday allowance 

LRG are an equal opportunities employer and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We look forward to welcoming a dedicated individual to our team who shares our commitment to excellence in the Real Estate Industry. 

LRG does not engage the services of Recruitment agencies for the purpose of hiring. All job openings are managed directly by our Internal Recruitment team. We do not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate referral from Recruitment agencies, and any such submissions will not be considered.