Finance Assistant (16 Months Fixed Term Contract)

At the heart of Paxton, we are innovators, we look for ways of harnessing new technology to provide better solutions for our customers. We're a global brand with nearly 40 years of experience; our team of over 400 employees is spread around the world.

We pride ourselves on creating a vibrant environment, with a focus on excellent company culture. Our teams make Paxton a great place to work with brilliant benefits that come with any role at Paxton, with an emphasis on career progression, training and development, and recognition of achievement for every employee.

We are passionate about learning and are accredited by ACCA as a Trainee Development Platinum approved business.

Based in our Brighton office, you'll play a key role in supporting the day-to-day financial operations of the business. Working as part of a collaborative Finance team, you'll ensure financial transactions are processed accurately, support reporting and reconciliations, and help maintain the controls that enable informed business decisions across the organisation.

• Process supplier invoices accurately and efficiently, ensuring all transactions comply with financial controls and approval processes.

• Review and process employee expenses and company card transactions, maintaining accuracy and compliance with company policies.
• Allocate customer receipts and maintain accurate records to support effective cash management.
• Reconcile supplier accounts, investigate discrepancies and work proactively with suppliers to resolve outstanding issues.
• Complete bank reconciliations, identifying and resolving unmatched transactions to maintain accurate financial records.
• Support regular supplier payment runs, helping to ensure payments are made accurately and on time.
• Prepare financial data and supporting information for reporting and business decision-making.
• Analyse budget variances, highlighting trends, risks and areas requiring further investigation.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues and suppliers to resolve invoice, payment and account queries promptly.
• Support month-end, year-end and audit activities, ensuring financial information is complete, accurate and delivered to deadline.
• Work collaboratively across the Finance team, providing flexible support to meet departmental priorities and business needs.

• Take ownership of key finance activities, ensuring transactions, reconciliations and payments are completed accurately and on time.
• Play an active role in reporting, month-end processes and continuous improvement initiatives that support business performance and strengthen financial controls.
• Benefit from full ACCA or AAT study support, including paid time off for exams and opportunities to develop your finance career within a growing team.

• Previous experience working in a finance, accounts payable or similar transactional finance role, with responsibility for processing invoices and maintaining accurate financial records.
• Experience using Concur and Microsoft Dynamics 365 is desirable but not essential.

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify, investigate and resolve financial discrepancies.
• A proactive team player who can manage competing priorities, build effective working relationships and deliver accurate work to deadlines.

The right attitude is more important to us than your skills or experience. If you’re excited about a role but your existing experience doesn’t match up with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

We want to collaborate with you and hear your ideas, most of all, we want people to enjoy the journey with us. Take a look at what our team thinks of working here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WH7Pi3--zc