Vertas- Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant - Vertas Group Limited Friars Bridge Road, Ipswich Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week 3 months placement (potential to extend across wider business) Hourly Pay rate: £13.00 Job Overview Opus people solutions on behalf of Vertas is seeking a finance assistant to join the team. You will be reporting to the Transactional Finance Manager; your main purpose is to process invoices in an accurate and timely manner. Assist in ensuring the Ledger close is done correctly and on time. Occasionally provide cover for holiday or illness across all three sections of the team. Key Relationships: Transactional Finance Manager Financial Reporting Manager Service Heads and Contract Managers Finance Colleagues Responsibilities: Allocate all cash receipts to correct customer / invoice in a timely manner, ensure unallocated cash position is constantly reviewed and kept to an acceptable level Ensure Accounts Receivable Ledger is maintained, with any queries or unidentified balances investigated and resolved Working interactively with and provide support to the Finance Banking Analyst to ensure all cash receipts posted to correct customer account Working interactively with and provide support to the Master Data Assistant to ensure all master data relating to customer accounts are accurate Working interactively with and provide support to the Credit Control Team to assist with any queries that will enable the effective chasing and collection of debt Provide reporting and guidance relating to future customer receipts to the Financial Reporting Manager to assist with working capital and cashflow management Develop relationships with stakeholders across the business, enhancing operations knowledge which will support the improvement of internal finance processes With support of Financial Reporting Manager, implement a controlled process of change in respect to Master Data Sales ledger: To fully understand the Sales ledger Process To help process Adhoc Billing from the inbox To assist with the inbox ensuring all emails are responded to with the 5-day turnaround time. Purchase Ledger: To fully understand the purchase to payment process To Process a high volume of Supplier invoices into the system across multiple legal entities To reconcile supplier statements for all legal entities To open and scan the post onto the system daily To maintain the open queries spreadsheets with both internal and external suppliers following up regularly for updates To assist with processing weekly payment runs in the system To assist with answering emails in the Accounts Payable inbox Think you could be suitable for this role? Apply Now

Location: Dallinghoo, GB

Posted Date: 5/14/2025