Benefits…

• Up to £22k + company bonus scheme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Monday to Friday, flexible working
• Hybrid working - Gateshead based.
• 25 days holiday p.a. plus bank holidays and you can also buy up to 5 days, paid back over 12 months (Pro-rata), when you reach 2 years’ service this will rise to 26 days, then 1 day with each year of service up to 5 years
• Holiday buying scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Pension scheme
• Birthday leave
• Electrical vehicle salary sacrifice scheme once probationary period has been passed

Bloom Procurement Services is a technology led procurement organisation that helps our public sector customers deliver social outcomes. Our purpose is to enable brilliant outcomes today that build a better tomorrow. It’s important to us to take the whole team on our Bloom journey, that’s why we’ve introduced Open Door, which gives our people the freedom to have their say anonymously. We have well-being campaigns that run throughout the year, Mental Health First Aiders to promote mental health in the workplace as well as provide non-judgemental support to our people.

We are currently recruiting a customer facing Finance Assistant who has experience dealing with a high number of queries (both internally and externally) to join our busy finance team at our head office in Gateshead. It is a hybrid role, working in both the office and from home. This role could be highly rewarding for the right candidate as you’re dealing with public sector customers and a lot of SMEs, therefore this is an amazing opportunity to make a real difference.

About the role…

Reporting to the Finance Team Leader, you will be in a supporting role and your main day-to-day responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Ensure that allocated tasks are completed against agreed timelines, through the finance task rota, including:
• o Credit Control
• o Purchase Ledger
• o Sales Ledger
• Work with the finance team to ensure month end reporting deadlines are achieved
• Ensure all customer enquiries are dealt within in an efficient and timely manner
• Support where required on the processes surrounding the integration of the finance system with the procurement system, troubleshooting, and reaching resolutions

To be considered for the role of Finance Assistant, we are ideally looking for:

• AAT level 2/3 (ideally, although not a necessity)
• Existing finance system experience, preferably Exchequer
• Someone has previous experience working in a high-volume and fast paced environment
• Helping both internal and external customers with their financial queries.