Finance Assistant

The post holder will join the team at an exciting time as we are going through a period of finance transformation including migrating accounting systems from Sage 50 to Xledger. There will be opportunity to build on previous finance experience and increase knowledge of accountancy.

• Maintenance of the purchase ledger. Ensuring all supplier records are accurate and up to date, entry of purchase invoices, reconciliation of supplier statements.
• Download reports for weekly / monthly payments of suppliers and upload via bank transfer (BACS) ready for authorisation.
• Upload BACS payroll data to HSBC for authorisation.
• Maintaining Finance MS Outlook in-boxes on a daily basis. The postholder will deal with supplier queriesand internal departmental queries.
• Processing of purchase invoices and expenses and preparation of payment runs.
• Processing daily takings from the Box Office and cover for Café & Bar. Timely preparation, checking and posting of journals for daily returns.
• Daily reconciliation of Watershed bank accounts.
• Monthly reconciliation of company credit card statements.
• Maintenance of the sales ledger including raising invoices and credit control.
• Assisting members of the finance team in the production of monthly management accounts, income reports, year-end accounts and other reports as required.
• Assisting as necessary with audit queries for Watershed group of companies.
• Providing basic training to Watershed staff on processes for claiming expenses, raising purchase and sales orders.

Person specifications

The closing date for this position is 21 / 07 / 2025 at 17 : 00

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