Finance Assistant

Ecosurety are looking for a Finance Assistant to join our accounts team (4 other people) on a full-time basis. The successful applicant must have the ability to manage multiple deadlines, be proactive over clarifying timescales and maintain a friendly, professional manner. Excellent IT and communication skills are essential.

The purpose of this role is to enable the finance team to manage a diverse and changing range of work, as the business expands and adapts to changing markets. The role will be active in timely financial processing and supporting the production of key financial reports. Ecosurety’s product range is rapidly evolving, so the successful candidate will need to be able to manage change and demands from multiple stakeholders.

Ecosurety is an industry leading company of 65 people, based in the heart of Bristol’s vibrant city centre, with a mission to accelerate change towards an environmentally sustainable world. Our clients are many of the UK big brands and retailers, often facing big challenges over their use of packaging. We are a Certified B Corp, committed to balancing profit with our social and environmental impact. If this sounds like your sort of place, we hope to hear from you soon.

Job Description

Cash / Treasury

• Daily posting of cash receipts/payments onto finance system
• Weekly cashflow support to commercial finance analyst

Accounts Receivable

• Credit control support; focus on large debtors falling overdue.
• Manage credit control of small scheme.
• Chasing aged debt/invoicing to cover annual leave/sickness.

Accounts Payable

• Submitting office credit card transactions on Concur and providing support to other card holders.
• Posting purchase invoices on Sage for specific accounts
• Weekly payment run to cover annual leave/sickness of other team members.

Person Specification

• Strong communication skills (oral and written) with a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Fast learner, able to pick up new processes/systems quickly.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Great team working and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong IT skills across the Microsoft suite of packages
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and external demands.
• Accounts receivable experience is preferable.

Package

• £22 - £25k per year
• Permanent contract, 8-hour day with some flexibility
• 28 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
• 5 x salary life insurance, 7% employer pension contribution, employee health cash plan, paid sick leave, happy to talk flexible working, remote working, great office location, £250 home working set up payment

Closing date: 9am, Thursday 11th May

Start Date: asap (May / June 2023)

For any queries please contact Sam Hardwell (HR Manager) on 01173018820 or email: shardwell@ecosurety.com. Enquiries welcome.

Ecosurety offers a working environment that enables our team to perform at their best, with flexible hours, remote working options, access to training and employee benefits. We focus on outputs, rather than work location or hours. If you are well organised, enjoy working with others and eager to make a meaningful contribution, please get in touch!

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from all. We embrace flexibility and diversity in the workplace and aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination, harassment or bullying.

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of any of our job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of high-quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend that you apply for one of our roles as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.