Project Accounts Assistant (Industrial Placement) Manchester, England
Job description
Project Accounts Assistant (Industrial Placement)
Manchester or Macclesfield
12m Fixed Term Contract
Your talent, our future. Excellence Connected
Are you organised and process driven and looking to start a career in finance? If so, then we want to hear from you ….
At Ashfield MedComms we live and breathe our values and are committed to excellence. Our people are the key to our success, powering consistent growth year on year. As such, connecting with new talent to join our team is fundamental to driving our business forwards. This is the place to grow your career.
So, what's the job?
As a Project Accounting Assistant you will cover a variety of financial support requirements including raising and checking sales invoices, creating and updating contracts, and checking budgets on Oracle Fusion. You will be supporting client facing teams to provide accurate budget management, reviews and reconciliations. Alongside this you will follow up incoming and outgoing enquiries across the business, complete document sign offs (e.g. purchase orders received) and assist the Finance Business Partner in producing monthly reports and forecasting.
You will also complete general admin and ad hoc tasks to support the wider finance team. This role is an excellent opportunity to touch on various areas of Accounting, allowing you to develop both basic accounting skills and also your commercial accounting experience, and would be a great entry level position into an established finance team.
Who is the ideal candidate?
You will be a student looking for an Industrial Placement year. You will be highly organised and self-motivated, able to integrate quickly within the established team. You will need to use your own initiative to prioritise your work load whilst working accurately and quickly.
You will have great attention to detail and excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Having good general PC skills including Excel and experience of the workings of a finance department are preferable.
