Job description
Ready to build your finance career with Excel as your superpower?
Turn raw data into commercial insight. VANRATH are hiring for a leading client-a Finance Assistant to support group-wide finance processes, streamline reporting, strengthen controls, and enable faster, better decisions.
What you'll get
- Flexible start
- Company events
- Company benefits package
- Health care
- Study support (AAT/ACCA) and clear progression
- Hybrid working
What you'll do
- Process AP/AR: supplier invoices (PO/3-way match), credit notes, payments runs, cash allocation
- Perform bank, supplier statement, and credit card reconciliations daily/weekly
- Support month-end with journals (accruals, prepayments), balance-sheet recs, and variance checks
- Assist with VAT returns (data prep, checks, query resolution)
- Maintain accurate ledgers, resolve invoice queries with suppliers/internal teams
- Build and improve Excel reports (PivotTables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS) and help automate routine tasks
About you
- Strong Excel skills: PivotTables, XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, IF statements, Data Validation, basic Power Query; comfortable with large datasets
- At least 1 year's finance experience (AP/AR/assistant accounting) with solid reconciliation skills
- Excellent time management, accuracy and attention to detail; confident communicator
- Experience with an accounting package (e.g., Sage, Xero, NetSuite, or similar)
For further information on this vacancy, or any other Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Chanel Gillen in the strictest confidence.
LinkedIn: Chanel Gillen
