Finance Assistant

Accounts Assistant
Location: Manchester – Full Time, Onsite  
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum, depending on experience  
Contract: Permanent, Full Time

At Car Finance 247, we're looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team based at our Manchester headquarters.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing finance function within a fast-paced and growing business, where you'll play an important role in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting day-to-day accounting activities and ensuring our financial processes run smoothly.

Working closely with our Finance Manager, Head of Finance and wider Finance team, you'll be responsible for a range of accounting activities, including payment processing, ledger reconciliations, month-end reporting and resolving financial discrepancies.

You'll also work collaboratively with teams across the business, helping to ensure that payments are processed accurately, funds are received from lenders and customer products are set up efficiently.

We're looking for someone who takes pride in their work, has excellent attention to detail and enjoys working in a busy environment where accuracy, organisation and communication are essential.

This role offers excellent opportunities to develop your accounting knowledge, gain exposure to different areas of the finance function and contribute to improvements in financial controls and processes. There will also be opportunities to work towards professional accounting qualifications as part of your ongoing development.

Key Responsibilities:
Payment Processing and Ledger Management
- Process, allocate and reconcile batch payments accurately and efficiently.
- Ensure all financial transactions are correctly recorded and posted to the accounting ledger.
- Maintain accurate financial records, ensuring the integrity of ledger balances and supporting financial reporting.
- Identify and investigate discrepancies, taking ownership of resolving issues promptly.
- Support the efficient management of day-to-day financial transactions across the business.

Account Reconciliations
- Reconcile high-volume accounts and balances, ensuring accuracy and consistency across financial records.
- Reconcile ledger and cash positions relating to completed car finance deals.
- Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies, working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Ensure funds are received from lenders for completed deals and accurately reflected within the finance system.
- Maintain clear and accurate reconciliation records, identifying opportunities to improve existing processes.

Month-End Reporting and Financial Controls
- Support month-end accounting procedures, ensuring tasks are completed accurately and within agreed deadlines.
- Prepare and run financial reports, supporting analysis and reconciliation activities.
- Assist with balance sheet reconciliations and the investigation of outstanding items.
- Contribute to maintaining effective financial controls and accurate reporting.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve accuracy and increase efficiency within the Finance team.

Customer Products and Stakeholder Support
- Ensure customer products are set up accurately and promptly following completed finance agreements.
- Respond to financial and product-related queries from internal departments and external stakeholders.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across Finance, Sales and other business functions to resolve issues.
- Build positive working relationships through clear communication, professionalism and timely follow-up.
- Ensure customer-related financial processes are completed efficiently and accurately.

Finance Team Support and Continuous Improvement
- Support the Finance Manager and Head of Finance with additional accounting activities and ad hoc projects.
- Assist with business-critical finance tasks and reporting requirements.
- Take ownership of assigned responsibilities, ensuring deadlines and accuracy standards are consistently met.
- Proactively identify improvements to existing finance processes, controls and ways of working.
- Develop a strong understanding of the business and how the Finance function supports wider commercial operations.