A successful business services company based in Cardiff City Centre are now recruiting for a Finance Administrator on a permanent basis.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role is responsible for a range of Accounting and Operational Administration duties, giving the role variety and exposure to a range of activities. Applicants will be comfortable with transactional duties as well as getting involved with project analysis work.

Finance Administrator duties

• Review, code and post supplier invoices, including subcontractors, vehicle hire, accommodation and overheads
• Review, check and process a high volume of weekly expense claims.
• Review monthly company credit card statements, collating receipts and ensuring correct VAT treatment
• Maintain awareness of live projects to ensure costs are captured accurately and promptly.
• Carry out cost reviews to assess job-level margin performance.
• Investigate cost variances and identify drivers behind over- or under-performance.
• Use Excel to support cost analysis, comparisons and post-job investigations.

Finance Administrator person specification

• Strong attention to detail and a structured, analytical approach.
• Confident Excel skills, including lookups, formulas and basic analysis.
• Comfortable working with finance systems and numerical data.
• Ability to manage high-volume processing work alongside investigative tasks.
• Clear communication skills and ability to explain findings to finance and operational colleagues.

An opportunity to join a entrepreneurial private sector business in a varied role.

Benefits include hybrid working arrangements, 25 days annual leave, private medical insurance, staff discount scheme and other intangible benefits.

If this role is not quite right for you but you know someone suitable, be sure to use our £500 Candidate Referral Scheme.

Bowen Eldridge is acting as a Finance Recruitment Agency.

Tagged as: accounts administrator, Accounts Assistant, Finance Administrator, finance assistant