Interim Finance Assistant

Fixed Term Contract
Harlow
Essex
£30k - 32k per year
Accountancy & Finance
JOB-14049

Are you a Finance Assistant with experience in invoicing, looking to make a real impact within a busy finance team? This is a role where your attention to detail and accuracy will be highly valued. We are partnering with a well-established organisation seeking a Finance Assistant to join their team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. You will play a key role in ensuring customer billing and financial processes run smoothly.

Responsibilities:

As a Finance Assistant, you will…

  • Prepare and issue customer invoices accurately, ensuring all charges are correctly allocated to projects, tasks, or customer accounts.
  • Verify and approve supplier invoices that correspond to customer billing, ensuring accurate matching and reconciliation.
  • Maintain clear documentation of invoicing procedures and assist auditors during process reviews.
  • Support front-line staff with raising invoices for non-regular customers, providing guidance and identifying process improvements.
  • Assist with finance system updates and enhancements to improve invoicing efficiency.
  • Respond to queries from the general finance inbox related to invoices, payments, or account issues.
  • Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies related to invoicing and supplier payments.
  • Support ad-hoc finance tasks as required.

Requirements:

As a Finance Assistant, you will need…

  • Previous experience in a finance or accounts role, with a focus on sales invoicing and supplier invoice matching.
  • Strong attention to detail and understanding of financial processes, particularly around billing.
  • Clear communication skills, able to work with both finance and non-finance colleagues.
  • Confident in Excel and comfortable using finance systems.
  • Flexible, proactive, and able to contribute from day one.

Benefits:

As a Finance Assistant, you will…

  • Play a key role in accurate and timely customer billing, making an immediate impact.
  • Gain valuable experience supporting a busy finance function in a fast-paced environment.
  • Work within a collaborative team focused on process improvements and accuracy.

If you are a finance professional available immediately for a short-term opportunity with a focus on sales invoices, apply now or get in touch to learn more!

Rutherford Briant is passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion. We seek individuals from the widest talent pool and encourage underrepresented talent to apply to vacancies with us. We are committed to recruitment processes that are fair for all, regardless of background and personal characteristics.

Connan Moss

Executive Recruitment Consultant

+(0)1371 832 922