This Finance Assistant position in Redditch is a full-time maternity cover contract running until July 2027, offering a salary of circa £29,000 pro rata. Working Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, the successful candidate will join a busy finance function within a civil engineering and groundworks business. Core duties centre on processing weekly labour payments for roughly 500 operatives across multiple construction projects, alongside managing subcontractor costs and contract-related financial information. Applicants should be organised, detail-focused and comfortable handling high volumes of payment records. Strong accuracy, numeracy and reconciliation skills are essential, together with the ability to meet strict weekly deadlines. This role suits a finance professional seeking to develop their career within a growing organisation.
Finance Assistant- Maternity Cover ( until July 2027) Salary: Circa £29,000 Pro rata Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Location: Redditch We are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a busy and growing finance team based in Redditch. This is an excellent opportunity for an organised and detail-focused finance professional looking to develop their career within a successful civil engineering and groundworks business. The role plays a critical part in ensuring the accurate processing of weekly labour payments, subcontractor costs and contract-related financial information.
Responsibilities
- Processing weekly timesheet information for approximately 500 operatives through the company's workforce management system.
- Validating attendance records, working hours, site allocations and pay rates.
- Calculating authorised overtime, weekend payments and approved payment adjustments.
- Investigating discrepancies, missing information and payment queries.
- Preparing weekly payment submissions for the company's external employment agency.
- Maintaining accurate operative records and ensuring all amendments are properly authorised.
- Posting labour costs to the ERP system and allocating costs to the correct contracts and projects.
- Reconciling payment reports and investigating any variances.
- Reviewing subcontractor invoices and ensuring charges are accurate and appropriately supported.
- Supporting month-end activities, labour cost reconciliations and continuous process improvements.
Requirements
- Previous experience within a finance, accounts or financial administration role.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience working with high-volume data and reconciliations.
- Good Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets.
- The ability to work accurately to strict weekly deadlines.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- A methodical approach to financial processes and record keeping.
Desirable Experience
- Experience processing timesheets, payroll inputs or labour payments.
- Experience using ERP or accounting systems.
- AAT studies or a finance-related qualification.
In return the Finance Assistant role can expect to receive:
Benefits
- Competitive salary of circa £29,000
- Full-time hours of 8:00am - 4:30pm
- Opportunity to join a well-established and growing organisation
- Supportive finance team environment
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