Finance Assistant £25,000 (starting salary DOE) Hitchin 08.30-17.00 (Monday to Thursday) 08.30-16.00 (Friday) 39 hours per week 23 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Annual shutdown during Xmas (Paid) Benefits include Pension Scheme, Life Assurance.A great opportunity has become available for a Finance Assistant to join a friendly team in Hitchin. You will be working for a niche manufacturing company who have been providing robust hardware for over 50 years. This position is ideal for someone at the beginning of their career who is proactive and eager to support core finance processes from day one. Main duties: To support the Finance team to provide relevant, timely and insightful financial and administrative support. Working closely with the Senior Finance Manager, the successful candidate will be working on a broad range of finance duties including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Control and Auditing. Responsibilities: Responsible for the day-to-day transactional support within the finance team, ensuring all transactions are processed and up to date, queries from both internal and external customers dealt with and reconciliations complete Accounts Receivable Transactions Customer receipts; Customer queries; Debtor Control A/c reconciliations Bank and Cash Transactions including accurate entry and reconciliation of all transactions across all bank accounts Accounts Payable Transactions Preparing invoices for entry; Invoice entry; Supplier querie