Job Title: Finance Assistant (6 month FTC)
Salary: £27,810 per annum
Location: Hybrid, Home-based & BCA Blackbushe
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week (9am to 6pm)
Job Status: Permanent
Join the UK’s largest B2B used vehicle service
At BCA, we’re altogether, more. More than just a normal vehicle remarketing company. More than just any other place to work. We’re Europe's largest vehicle remarketing company, the backbone of the UK’s automotive supply chain, the best place to build the career you want.
Main Purpose of The Role:
The Finance Assistant is a role within the BCA Finance Shared Services team. They are responsible for supporting financial control in the Auction Accounts team and assisting with cross functional working in the department.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manual allocation of cash receipts onto various finance systems (incl. Navision and Sage).
- Create files for processing by RPA robot for bulk receipts.
- Investigate and resolve issue with unallocated receipts – including contras.
- Maintain unallocated receipt reports.
- Request for return of duplicated and overpaid amounts.
- Post cash journal for missing entries.
- Manually post invoices or credit notes to CALMS finance system.
- Help monitor and manage team email mailbox queries.
- Answer telephone calls and deal with the customer queries.
- Complete bank reconciliations.
- Daily reconciliation of journals posted.
- Identify and flag the requirements for invoicing and credits.
- Cashier ad-hoc duties as required and support with tasks in other Auction Accounts teams.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Logical approach to problem solving through a methodical and organised manner.
- Numeric abilities, including accuracy of data input and reconciliation skills.
- Familiarity with all areas of accounting including sales ledger, bank reconciliations, purchase ledger, nominal ledger and reporting.
- Agile approach, with the ability to keep up with the pace of change, ability to learn fast and adapt to new conditions quickly and effectively.
- Effective communicator, with good oral and written skills.
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload and use own initiative.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- A team player with a can do/flexible attitude to work and helping colleagues.
- MS Office skills are an advantage – including data Manipulation though MS Excel that includes, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS and pivot tables.
- Experience of Navision Accounting software would be an advantage.
- Finance Experience preferred, ideally working towards a professional qualification or with the ambition to do so.
We’ve put everything in place to ensure you thrive. Competitive salaries, strong core values and an excellent benefits package that includes:
- Onsite parking
- Company Pension Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- Access to trained Mental Health First Aiders
- Access to BCA Rewards which provides online and store discounts with a range of retailers
And so much more…
As the automotive industry changes, we’re changing with it - putting our people in the front seat for the journey. We’re the number one in what we do for a reason and that’s because of the people we have on our teams. If you want to be a part of a business like this; unrivalled, exciting and appreciative of the work you do, join BCA.
We are proud to be Level 1 Disability Confident and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or disability.
