Finance Assistant - Graduate Trainee

Description

This is an excellent opportunity for a graduate to begin their finance career. Learning the ropes from the ground up, you will be trained initially on finance processes such as accounts payable and credit control, moving onto more complex accounting processes as you develop. Every step of the way you will be guided by our senior finance leadership team on best practice, and will learn about all the tools and systems you need to do the job properly. Along with your on-the-job learning, we will support you through your finance qualifications, most likely starting with AAT before moving onto ACCA/CIMA in future years when you're ready. Our aim is that you'll be with us for the long term and will eventually become a fully qualified accountant with us. This is a brilliant opportunity to work within a small, focused finance team where you will work closely with our Financial Controller, Finance Manager and Finance Director, gaining the benefit of their deep experience to help you develop and grow your skill set, with real progression opportunities available as you do so.

Requirements

• University graduate. Any subject will be considered but an accountancy or finance-related qualification will be an advantage.
• Permanent right-to-work in the UK. Existing right-to-work ie a British or Irish passport, or full settled status.
• Currently living within a 45-minute commute of our office in Fleet, Hampshire and willing to work onsite 4 days per week.
• Comfortable with the salary on offer, which is £26,095. We are unable to negotiate this number.

Checkit uniquely combines smart sensors and workflow software to provide the analytics and insights that complex organisations need to deliver a safer, more efficient and streamlined service to their customers. Our clients are spread across the healthcare, biopharma, assisted living, food service, retail and facilities management sectors.

What you'll be doing

• Learning the job from the ground up and being trained on a wide range of processes, skills, and tools
• Processing supplier invoices accurately and in a timely manner within Accounts Payable
• Supporting payment runs, ensuring appropriate approvals and controls are followed
• Managing supplier queries and maintaining strong working relationships
• Performing credit control activities, including chasing overdue invoices and resolving customer queries
• Maintaining accurate customer and supplier records within finance systems
• Supporting bank reconciliations and posting of cash transactions
• Assisting with month-end processes, including basic accruals, prepayments and reconciliations
• Supporting the preparation of management accounts through data gathering and analysis
• Assisting with expenses, credit cards, and other administrative finance processes
• Contributing to process improvements and efficiency initiatives across the finance function

What we're looking for

• Graduate in Accounting, Finance or a related subject
• Demonstrable interest in pursuing a career in finance or accountancy
• Numerate with basic understanding of financial concepts
• Experience using Microsoft Excel (basic formulas, data handling)
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with financial data accurately
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload effectively
• Comfortable working with systems and learning new tools
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Problem-solving mindset with a proactive approach
• Confidence interacting with stakeholders across the business

What's in it for you

• Generous amount of leave, above statutory levels, to help you rest and recharge
• Your birthday off in addition to your annual leave allowance
• 2 mental wellbeing days off per year to reset and look after yourself
• Up to 20 paid sick days in any rolling 12 month period
• Health cash plan & BUPA dental to help with the costs of optical, dental and support for your mental wellbeing
• Access to Help@Hand health & wellbeing app
• Contributory pension scheme
• Share award scheme, allowing you to be rewarded for our future success
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and paid loss of pregnancy leave

Please Note: We are advertising for two Trainee Finance Assistant roles - one graduate and one apprenticeship. Please apply to the one that suits you best. Applying to both will not increase your chances of an interview.

Candidate experience is important to us. This is a real job. We do not use AI to screen applications or to interview. Your application will be read and assessed by a human. We respond to all applications.

About Checkit

Checkit optimises the performance of people, processes, and physical assets with connected digital solutions. We help companies with remote, deskless workforces to schedule, manage and analyse the activities of their teams to deliver improved productivity, engagement and cost savings. Via digital assistants that provide guided workflows, powerful dashboards that provide insights into critical activities and bring dark operations to light, and smart sensors that monitor critical assets and building facilities, we give leadership teams the ability to schedule and plan activity, and know what is happening as it happens while making life much easier for their teams at the frontline. These real-time workflow, monitoring and analytics services enable safe and productive work, efficient operations, and data-driven insight to continually improve performance in large, complex organisations.

We work across four main sectors – healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences and biotech; facilities and building management; retail; and hospitality. We help our customers with challenges as diverse as keeping vaccines at the correct temperature; reducing stock loss and waste for food retailers; reducing time spent on audit and compliance; repurposing tens of thousands of working hours previously spent on tasks we now automate; and monitoring best practice and care quality. Our clients include many NHS trusts, BP, Waitrose / John Lewis Partnership, Nuffield Health, BP, Octapharma, Grifols and the National Trust.

Checkit is a publicly traded business headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with its operations centre in Fleet, UK, and a US operation based out of Tampa, Florida. We currently have over 160 employees and are growing rapidly.