Finance Assistant

Project Finance Assistant- Hillsborough

Reed Recruitment is delighted to be working with an engineering company based in Hillsborough. Our client has an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Finance Assistant to join their team.

This is a full-time, permanent role, offering the opportunity to work within a supportive, collaborative and project-focused environment.

Day-to-day of the role

• Assist with preparing and issuing project and staged sales invoices in line with agreed fee schedules.
• Support Project Managers and Project Leads by gathering information for invoicing milestones, variations and project updates.
• Raise and maintain project purchase orders, helping to ensure accurate cost allocation.
• Keep project finance trackers up to date, including invoices, purchase orders, work in progress and debtors.
• Assist with debtor administration, including issuing statements and chasing overdue payments under guidance.
• Liaise with client finance teams to resolve routine invoice queries professionally and efficiently.
• Support monitoring of project work in progress and fee burn, helping teams maintain strong financial discipline.
• Maintain accurate, auditable records across finance and project systems.
• Prepare basic finance reports, including invoicing status updates and debtor summaries.
• Respond to routine finance queries from internal stakeholders and collaborate with the central finance team.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• At least 2 years' experience in a finance, project finance or project administration role.
• Good IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail and accurate record-keeping.
• Confident communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with Project Managers, technical teams and clients.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a busy environment.
• Professional, discreet and able to handle confidential financial information appropriately.
• Experience within a consultancy or project-based environment would be advantageous.
• Exposure to invoicing, purchase orders or credit control would be beneficial.
• AAT qualification, or progress towards a finance qualification, would be desirable.

Benefits

• Early responsibility with direct exposure to senior decision-makers.
• Clear pathway for career progression.
• Supportive and collaborative working culture.
• Opportunity to build project finance experience within a specialist engineering environment.
• Varied role working closely with both commercial and project teams.

If you would like to be considered for this role, then please apply via the link provided. Alternatively, please contact Caron Hamill from the Reed Offices directly and in the strictest of confidence. We look forward to hearing from you.