Finance Assistant

Salary Circa £26,000 dependent on experience

Location Northminster Business Park, York

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

We have an opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our Head Office Finance/Accounts Team at Pavers, based at Northminster Business Park, York. This is a full-time position, in a growing business where you are encouraged to develop your skills in a supportive environment.

This is a key role within the finance team, supporting the team lead/supervisor, on the Store and Home Shopping accounts side.

The role

This role involves overseeing the reconciliation of daily Stores and Home Shopping intakes reports against bank deposits, identifying discrepancies and making adjustments, maintaining effective communications with store managers and preparing weekly reconciliation reports. You will manage the bank reconciliations for the Store and Home Shopping accounts, perform investigations on stores’ transactions, perform several journal postings and assisting the period-end and year-end processes. This helps towards ensuring daily and weekly cash flow reporting is updated.

This role will suit an individual who has already worked in a similar organisation within the retail sector. We also welcome recent graduates or someone who is looking to get back into the industry. Support towards professional qualifications would be considered once probation periods have been completed successfully.

We are looking for a colleague who is self-motivated and can work on their own initiative, able to demonstrate a methodical approach, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What’s in it for you:

Salary circa £26,000 - dependent on experience.
Enrolment into company’s pension scheme.
Discretionary Annual Bonus scheme.
Generous colleague discount scheme, some of which can be shared with your family and friends!

And that’s not all, working for Pavers comes with so much more to enjoy:

Free onsite parking at York Head Office.
Death In Service Benefit.
Holiday Entitlement (Increases with service).
Access to RetailTRUST (Wellbeing & Financial Support).
Access to the Pavers Foundation: employee-led grant application and charitable giving scheme.
Access to wider training and development opportunities through Pavers Academy.

Snapshot of your responsibilities:

Review daily till reports, recorded sales, cash received and payment methods and reconcile against imported reports on Sage and bank receipts.
Identify and investigate discrepancies and make necessary adjustments.
Post cash sheet batches upon completion of reconciliation.
Deal with inquiries from stores and any customer payment disputes.
Post occasional manual trading transactions.
Manage Home Shopping transactions and reconcile with bank account and post relevant transactions onto Sage.
Look after petty cash.
Raise one-off sale ledger invoices occasions.

What We Are Looking For

AAT part qualified / Beginner in finance / Someone aiming to resume their finance profession after time off / Recent Finance Graduate wanting their first professional role
MS Excel Intermediate user (Essential)
High attention to detail when maintaining accurate and detailed financial records (Essential)
Ability to prioritise and juggle multiple tasks at once (Essential)
Effective communication skills (Essential)
Positive attitude with an inquisitive mindset (Essential)
Keen to learn and develop (Essential)
Experiences within retail sector (Desirable)
Sage 200 experience (Desirable)

The Company

The Pavers story began in York in 1971 when Catherine Paver took out a £200 bank loan (for a sofa she told them) to fund her new business. She had big dreams of changing the world of footwear and a passion to provide comfortable and stylish shoes for all.

Starting small, she sold shoes at village halls and homeware parties before opening the first Pavers shop in Scarborough in 1981, when Catherine’s three sons joined the business. One of her sons, Stuart, ran the business as Managing Director for over 40 years, joined by his son Jason in 2016. As of September 2023, Jason Paver is now the Managing Director of Pavers Ltd, with Stuart Paver moving to Chairman, taking the company into the 3rd generation of family run leadership.

From these modest beginnings, Pavers Shoes has grown to be a UK leader in today’s footwear industry, with over 180 stores nationwide encompassing our more recently acquired brands including Jones Bootmaker, Herring Shoes, Padders & Van Dal.

We remain acquisitive, highly profitable, and are an ever-growing, independent family-run business, employing over 1,900 people.

We were delighted to receive recognition as a 3* Employer with ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement and the ‘2nd Best Retailer to Work For’ by Best Companies in November 2024. At Pavers, we attribute the talents, passion, and dedication of our colleagues as the reasons for our success.

Benefits

Holidays that increase with service

Company Pension Contribution

Wellbeing Assistance through Retail Trust

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay

Gym
Discounts

Multiple Retailer
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