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Finance Assistant

CV-Library Carterton, Oxfordshire Posted 01 Oct 2026 Closing: 01 Jan 0001
Contract Hybrid

Role Description & Overview

Finance Assistant

Contract up to 30/06/2027 initially

Based in Carterton

Offering £32ph Inside IR35

Do you have finance knowledge - debits/credits, cash, and profit and loss, etc.?

Have you got experience carrying out cash flow forecasting?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Finance Assistant,

you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

You will be involved:

Support the Financial controller in transacting, understanding, and analysing operational cost, along with completing support tasks for the subsidiary; including support to payroll accounting, billing processes, treasury processes, accruals, and allocation of costs

Maintain cost, revenue, and cash forecast for the entire business entity/business function

Work with operational teams to forecast resource plans and cost impact

Help record and evaluate risks or opportunities

Assist in regular OP and FC process

Act as a liaison for managers in understanding and controlling operational costs

Input and advise on external costs and internal resources

Liaison with procurement team to ensure correct evaluation of open commitment and timely recognition of cost

Provide analysis and support to financial performance reporting

Track actual costs and revenue allocation - understand, review, and be able to instruct journals and posting to the back office team to ensure accurate booking of cost, allocations, and revenues

Produce meaningful analytics to support local operational management

Assist with single resource reporting

requirements

Ensure operational spend is in line with contractual and single sourcing roles

Ad-hoc reporting for MOD and other UK Government agencies

Work closely with TFEU teams to coordinate end-of-month closing activities such as periodic postings, accruals, sales reserves

To provide support the invoicing process to internal and external customers

To identify and launch new financial initiatives pursuing continuous improvements, and challenge existing processes and procedures

Your skillset & experience:

Be able to explain variances

Finance knowledge, debits/credits, cash, and Profit and Loss

Support Financial controllers

Cash flow forecast experience

Providing cost centre reports

Look up coding for procurement

AAT, CIMA would be useful

If this all sounds like something

you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Finance Assistant

Contract up to 30/06/2027 initially

Based in Carterton

Offering £32ph Inside IR35

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change

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Key Details
  • Date Posted: 01 Oct 2026
  • Location: Carterton, Oxfordshire
  • Employment: Contract
  • Workplace: Hybrid
  • Specialism: Automotive/Aerospace
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