Operational Accountant
16 days ago
Liverpool
Operational Accountant | Study Support | £34K | Liverpool Operational Accountant 📍 Liverpool City Centre Salary: Up to £34,000 Working Pattern: Hybrid - 1 day remote Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm Benefits: Study support, hybrid working, supportive finance team Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Operational Accountant to join a dynamic finance team based in Liverpool City Centre. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about process improvement, stakeholder collaboration and financial control.You will play a key role in the day-to-day operational accounting function while supporting continuous improvement across finance processes and systems. Key Responsibilities • Manage and maintain strong relationships with banking partners, • Perform daily bank reconciliations, ensuring system balances are accurate, • Oversee daily payment processes, ensuring compliance with agreed SLAs, • Assist in preparing monthly reporting packs, including KPIs, • Lead credit control activities, maintaining appropriate levels of aged debt, • Support interest sharing processes and reporting requirements, • Review and enhance operational accounting processes to improve efficiency, • Contribute to continuous improvement of financial systems and procedures, • Support finance-related projects, ensuring cost control and complianceSkills & Experience, • Proven experience in a strong financial control environment, • Experience working with multiple banking platforms, • High attention to detail and accuracy, • Strong Microsoft Excel skills (advanced level preferred), • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, • Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines, • Proactive, adaptable and solutions-focused, • Strong problem-solving skillsTeam Collaboration & Development, • Work closely with wider teams to drive process improvements and efficienciesWhat’s on Offer, • Salary up to £34,000 (depending on experience), • Study support, • Hybrid working - 1 day per week remote, • Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, • Modern office based in Liverpool City Centre