Finance Assistant

Are you an organised, detail‑driven finance professional looking to grow your career? We are recruiting for a proactive Finance Assistant to join this friendly, supportive Accounts Servicing Team within a well‑established rural property management business working across Herefordshire, Shropshire, surrounding counties and Wales. This is a permanent role offering a salary of £28-30k based on experience, working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm (37.5 hours per week) based in their Hereford office on a beautiful client site near Kingstone. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to build your own portfolio of clients and gain valuable experience across a wide range of finance processes. If you’re AAT qualified (or working towards it) and looking for a role with real responsibility and variety, we’d love to hear from you.

As a Finance Assistant, you’ll manage your own client portfolio while working collaboratively within a strong accounts team. Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing client sales ledgers, including monthly rent demands, receipting payments and monitoring aged debtors
• Maintaining purchase ledgers, including invoice processing, preparing BACS payments and monitoring aged creditors
• Completing monthly bank reconciliations
• Preparing VAT returns, including Partial Exemption calculations
• Producing monthly management reports, client statements and cashflow analysis
• Preparing annual accounts information to share with clients’ accountants

We are really keen to hear from applicants with the following skills and experience: 

• AAT qualified ideally (or actively working towards qualification)
• Strong understanding of VAT and experience with VAT return submission preferred
• Exceptional accuracy, attention to detail and record‑keeping
• Competent IT user – especially Excel, Word and Outlook, with previous knowledge of accounting software
• Willingness to learn new in-house systems
• Committed to handling clients' financial affairs with absolute confidentiality
• It is essential you have your own transport due to the location of the office

Benefits Offered:

• 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays
• Additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Free on-site parking
• Subsidised travel when working from another office
• Subsidised training and career development opportunities
• A welcoming team environment in a well‑established, reputable business

Please Apply Today! If you’re looking for a rewarding finance role with real variety, a supportive team and opportunities to grow, we’d love to hear from you.

Take the next step in your finance career—apply now.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.