Job Title: Finance Assistant, UK Remarketing
Salary: £28,000 - £30,000
Location: Blackbushe, Hybrid (office visits twice a week)
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week (8:30am-5:30pm)
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:
Provide support to the Finance Manager, UKR by being an integral part of the month-end process ensuring that accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and month-end analysis are performed in a timely and accurate manner. Outside of month-ends, providing regular management and contractual reporting as well as having the ability to perform ad hoc analysis and investigation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Timely preparation and posting of period-end accruals and prepayment journals for areas of responsibility to support the period-end close process.
- Performing month-end balance sheet reconciliations across a range of account balances.
- Performing in-month checks on account balances and classes of transactions of higher risk of mis-posting to identify issues prior to month-end.
- Ownership of certain month-end intercompany reconciliations ensuring that relevant invoices are posted by the Accounts Payable team and making accruals where necessary.
- Assist in the preparation of weekly cash flow forecasts.
- Assist with other regular and ad hoc reporting, investigation and analysis to enable efficient operational and financial processes and to support the wider management accounts team.
- Reviewing and approving proposed payments through the online banking portal.
- Reconciliation of key bank accounts including investigating unallocated bank receipts to ensure appropriate coding.
- Supporting the year-end audit process.
Knowledge and Experience Required:
- Desirable - AAT qualified or equivalent and / or working towards a recognised accounting qualification – CIMA, ACCA, ACA
- Desirable - Strong IT skills including intermediate Excel skills as a minimum (including use of SUMIF, IF, XLOOKUP functions and Pivot tables)
- Prior use of Microsoft Navision or similar Microsoft ERP would be advantageous but not essential
- Strong attention to detail and ability to perform initial self-review of work prior to submission.
- Methodical in approach and able to present work in a logical, thought-out way such that it is easy for someone else to review
- Strong communication skills - both written and verbal
- Willingness to be proactive and to make suggestions
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.