Finance Operations Assistant

Accounts Assistant    🌏 London, Oxford or Manchester   💷 Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme     ⏰ Monday – Friday (37.5 hours per week - hybrid)     💖 Our perks     * 🌏25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years’ service) plus bank holidays, to take time to recharge and do something you love.   * 🤒Private Medical - via vitality, with reward schemes paid for you and your family.   * 🤒Health cash plan - via health shield for employee's and children claiming money back for dental, optical, etc   * 👍Pension – Oodle will contribute 5% of your salary into your pension pot to help you save for the future.   * 🥝Free breakfast, drinks and fruit in the office – you can help yourself to cereals, toast, fizzy drinks and lots of fruit.   * 🤟Employee discounts – discounts you can access anywhere, anytime for all major shops.   * 👌1 day volunteer day per year – an opportunity to give back to the community each year.  * ⭐Mental health care – 6 free counselling sessions via our EAP (Employee Assistance Programme).   * 🤧Paid sick leave – enhanced company sick pay.    * 👨‍Enhanced family leave – we provide enhanced family leave for primary and secondary caregivers.  🚗 Oodle – who are we? 🚗     For too long car buyers have had to negotiate a confusing, tired, and fragmented marketplace that is light years behind other retail sectors. Until now. We are ripping up the rule book and breaking the mould of a lender in the used-car market. Oodle Car Finance is changing the way people buy cars, by putting our customers’ needs front and centre by building modern, digital, retail processes around what the customer actually needs.   We primarily provide loans for our customers and link them up with some of the UK’s best car dealers. Since launching in 2016 the company has seen huge growth and success as it attempts to disrupt the second biggest retail market in the UK.   We only hire exceptional individuals to join our team. We need outstanding people with strong academic achievements, along with buckets full of energy, desire, curiosity, and a can-do attitude to thrive in a fast-paced (and fun) entrepreneurial environment. Everyone at Oodle has an input on how we develop and how we change the game.   🙌 The Role   This Accounts Assistant role reports into a Management Accountant. This role is an entry into Finance and is ideal for someone who is looking to develop their career in Finance. This role will play a crucial part in supporting the team by ensuring a smooth running of day-to-day financial processes.   What you’ll be getting up to:  * Support the preparation of the monthly management accounts and annual financial statements.  * Prepare monthly analysis of our reports to identify trends and anomalies. * Maintain and update financial records, including data entry into accounting systems.  * Assist with monthly reconciliations and resolving discrepancies.  * Assist with audits and requests for financial information by providing accurate documentation. * Act as a key point of contact for finance-related queries, building effective relationships and delivering excellent support to colleagues across the business. * Work with our wider Finance Teams to help drive business performance. This role will be a great fit if you have:    * A desire to start your career in a finance role.  * Basic understanding of finance and accounting principles.  * Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel including LOOKUPs & Pivot tables.  * Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.  * Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.  * Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.  * A willingness to learn and develop.  👩‍💻 Hiring Process     * ☎️Preliminary Interview (15 mins) * 💻Competency/Test (30 mins)   * 📹Final Interview (1 hour)   💚 Our Values    Our values are our personal brand and lay the foundation of what we care about the most. They provide us with guidance, so we can work towards the same goals. They are our DNA and are kept at the forefront of our Oodler’s mind when making business decisions.    * Embrace being human – empathy and diversity make us stronger.   * Strive for awesome – it’s awesome when we do better every day.   * Everyone’s a builder – we’re in this together and we win as a team.   * Bravely honest – we’re honest with ourselves and everyone else.   * Think customer – they’re at the heart of everything we do.  To find out more about our culture and what happens at Oodle check out our LinkedIn and Instagram.   Oodle is proud to be an inclusive workplace and we recognise diversity of experience, thoughts and backgrounds leads to better customer outcomes and an environment where our colleagues can thrive. We have several DEI networks which are made up of our ‘Oodlers’ who strive to make positive impacts to our cultures.  We’d love if you could submit your application online, but if you need an alternative method or need reasonable adjustments to take part in the interview process, please email careers@oodlefinance.com. To find out how we handle your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.