Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Location: Northolt

Salary: Up to £35,000

Permanent, Full Time

Our client, a leading provider of integrated facilities management and infrastructure solutions is hiring for a Finance Assistant to join our team supporting our Defence contract at RAF Northolt. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a busy, high-volume finance environment, supporting financial operations across a key business unit.

Reporting to the Business Unit Financial Controller (BUFC) and working closely with the finance manager, commercial, and operational teams, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring financial processes run smoothly and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Support weekly project costing processes, including:
  • Following up on timesheet input and approvals
  • Ensuring completeness and accuracy
• Assist the BUFC with:
  • Regular journal postings
  • Reconciliations, particularly relating to:
    • Weekly temporary workforce costs
    • Monthly fleet and plant costs
• Ensure visibility of invoices awaiting approval and assist with preparation for twice-monthly payment runs
• Support the finance manager in:
  • Preparing detailed client invoices using the client billing system
  • Replicating billing details within the ERP system (Connect)
• Assist with:
  • Cash matching
  • Reconciliation of client remittances
• Provide administrative finance support across the business unit, including:
  • Supporting commercial and operational teams to resolve invoice and subcontractor queries efficiently
  • Running weekly and monthly financial reports
• Support month-end processes, including:
  • Standard journal entries
  • Reconciliations
  • Reporting

About You

We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume transactional environment and enjoys working as part of a collaborative team.

You will ideally have:

• Previous experience in a finance or accounts role
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Good Excel and systems skills (experience with ERP systems is advantageous)
• Strong communication skills to liaise across finance, operational, and commercial teams