Finance Assistant (6 Month Fixed Term Contract) - #1657530

Are you looking to build a career and make a difference - why not think about the Monmouthshire Building Society?

We're on a journey to becoming an innovative, exciting, modern mutual and we'd love for you to join us. We have an ambitious 5-year strategy with strong growth plans and your role will play a crucial part in our success.

We are a community and values-based employer that puts both our people and our members at the heart of what we do. If you want to make a real difference to your community and career, then we'd love to hear from you...

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Finance team for a 6-month FTC Finance Assistant based at our Newport and/or Cardiff Head Office, with hybrid working once fully trained.

The Finance department is a small friendly team which works within the Finance, treasury and Business Intelligence department at the Society. The Finance team is responsible for a range of financial activities which link to many aspects. The Finance Assistant will be part of a team completing tasks, such as purchase ledger maintenance, payment processing through our bank accounts for our savings and mortgage customers, daily reconciliations, to books of prime entry and bank reconciliations.

What we will offer you as one of our valued colleagues

• 25 days' holiday(pro rata) , plus bank holidays and a day off on your birthday to help you celebrate!.
• Opportunity to work in an agile way to include home working, after your training has been completed.
• A commitment to your ongoing training and development including our internal rotational development programme (optional after successful completion of probation).
• Up to 14 hours of paid Society leave to volunteer for a local community initiative each year.

• 'Dress for your Day' approach when in the office.
• Various health and wellbeing benefits such as 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme, subsidised flu jabs and eye tests.
• Private healthcare (optional from day 1).
• Dental cover (optional from day 1).
• Health cashplan cover (optional from day 1).
• Generous Stakeholder Pension Scheme - where the Society contributes a massive 10% on top of your 3% contribution!
• Life Assurance - 4 times your basic salary life cover.
• Critical illness cover.

As the Finance Assistant, you will be responsible for:

• Efficient processing of financial information.
• Proactive identification of improvements to improve the efficiency of Society operations.
• Awareness of, and adherence to Industry Changes which relate to Accounting and Finance.
• Compliance with Legal, Regulatory and Procedural requirements.
• Ensuring the Society's business associates are provided with an efficient and professional service.

The ideal candidate will have at least 12 months experience of working in a finance assistant type role. You will also have experience communicating and working with staff across all levels of a business. You will be educated to at least GCSE level including an A-C in Maths. You will also have experience of Microsoft Office programmes including Word and Excel and have clear and concise written, verbal and presentation skills.

Finally, you'll also have the ability to handle large amounts of information and an awareness of the need of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act.

We're committed to diversity and equal opportunity and as an inclusive employer, we encourage applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing) and any other protected characteristic.

Just let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment processes, we'll try to accommodate them.

We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies.

Personal data held by the Monmouthshire Building Society relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with GDPR regulations our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website.

Our roles often generate a lot of interest and can close early so don't miss out this opportunity to apply!

The Company

Monmouthshire Building Society values the diversity that all sections of the community can bring to our Society, we welcome applications from everyone who shares our values.

As a financial services organisation regulated by the PRA and FCA our staff must be honest, financially sound and maintain high levels of competence and capability in their role. Therefore our pre-employment checks include adverse credit checks and criminal records checks (DBS checks) at a basic disclosure level for the majority of roles but at the standard level for certain roles.