Who we are:
Looking to join a small but well-established employee-owned and award-winning employer, based in Poundbury, Dorset?
Clipper Contracting currently employs approx. 20 staff but is yet one of the UK’s largest payroll umbrella companies, paying around 4,000 workers weekly for the recruitment sector.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for an organised and proactive Finance Assistant to support the day-to-day operations of our finance function at Clipper.
You will be working in an payroll-umbrella environment where accuracy, collaboration, and continuous improvement are key. This role is well-suited to someone with prior finance experience and/or someone currently working towards their AAT Level 2 qualification (or equivalent).
We are passionate about development and training, and for those who wish to progress further with AAT or equivalent qualifications, we are very willing to support and fund continued study.
You will support a broad range of accounting activities, including transactional processing, reconciliations, reporting, and month-end support.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Playing a lead role in proactively managing outstanding debtor balances, ensuring timely collection of payments, resolving payment queries, and escalating overdue accounts where necessary to minimise aged debt and support healthy cash flow.
- Preparing and processing weekly performance reporting to the sales and leadership team
- Support the recording of financial transactions for the preparation of monthly management accounts, including accruals, prepayments, and monthly journals.
- Completing bank reconciliations for two current GBP accounts
- Managing shared finance inboxes and responding to queries from internal teams, clients, and external stakeholders in a timely and professional manner.
- Assisting with sales, purchase and nominal ledger reconciliations.
- Processing payments accurately and in line with internal controls.
- Supporting customers, clients, and colleagues with finance-related queries as required.
- Assisting in the weekly reporting of financial data to external financial intermediaries.
- Assisting with the preparation of year-end audit information and supporting schedules.
- Contributing to ongoing process improvements within the finance function.
About You:
You will ideally have previous experience working within a finance environment and/or be actively working towards your AAT Level 2 qualification or equivalent.
You will thrive in this role if you are:
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
- Confident working with financial data and numerical information.
- A strong communicator with a collaborative approach.
- Able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Proactive, dependable, and keen to learn and develop.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced and evolving fintech environment.
You will also need:
- Strong Microsoft Office 365 skills.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Strong administrative and organisational skills.
- A professional and customer-focused approach.
What We Offer:
- Salary: £25k - £27k depending on experience.
- Beneficiary of an employee-owned business (after 12 months).
- 22 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
- Two flexible work-from-home personal days per year.
- Enhanced family leave policies.
- Company life assurance scheme (4x salary).
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support.
- Discounts and perks platform, including retail and restaurant offers.
- Free gym membership.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
- Learning & Development annual budget.
- A supportive, collaborative team culture within a growing payroll-umbrella business.
Location:
This is a fully office-based role at our office in Poundbury, Dorchester.
Clipper is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the grounds of any protected characteristic and can offer reasonable adjustments at every stage of the application and interview process. If you have any specific requirements, please contact us at [email protected]
Pay: £25,000.00-£27,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Referral programme
- Sabbatical
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
