Account Assistant - Temp

Finance Reconciliation Officer

Temporary Contract Finance Department

Reporting to: Bursar
Department: Finance
Contract Type: Temporary

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Finance Reconciliation Officer to support the Finance Department in an Independent School on a temporary basis. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional with strong Sage Accounting and advanced Excel skills who can confidently reconcile supplier and customer accounts, investigate discrepancies, and provide accurate financial reporting.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring financial records are accurate, fully supported, and presented clearly to the Bursar.

Key Responsibilities

• Reconcile supplier and customer accounts, ensuring balances are accurate and up to date.
• Review and investigate historical discrepancies, missing transactions, and outstanding balances.
• Collect and organise supporting documentation, including invoices, statements, payments, and credit notes.
• Identify and resolve aged balances, duplicate transactions, and unapplied payments.
• Use Sage Accounting to review transactions, analyse account balances, and extract reports.
• Prepare detailed reconciliation schedules and reports using Excel.
• Maintain accurate and organised audit trails for all reconciliations.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly to the Bursar.
• Escalate significant issues with proposed solutions where appropriate.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong practical experience using Sage Accounting Software.
• Advanced Excel skills, including:
  
  • Pivot Tables
  • VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
  • SUMIFS
  • Data analysis and reporting
• Proven experience reconciling supplier and customer accounts.
• Strong understanding of:
  
  • Purchase Ledger
  • Sales Ledger
  • Payments
  • Credit Notes
  • Account Balances
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain financial information clearly.

Key Deliverables

• Fully reconciled supplier and customer account balances.
• Complete supporting documentation for all reconciliations.
• Clear records of discrepancies identified and actions taken.
• Summary reconciliation reports for the Bursar.
• Accurate financial records supported by a robust audit trail.

Apply Now

If you have strong Sage and Excel skills, excellent reconciliation experience, and enjoy resolving complex accounting discrepancies, we would like to hear from you.

Contact Muzna Naqvi at Reed Reading Office for more details