Financal Administrator (Graduate)

Reports to: Finance & Commercial Manager

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, Flexible working options considered

Location: Hybrid – Home Working & Office Working (Min 1 day a week in our Horsforth Head Office)

Salary: £24k - £27k

Target Start Date: September 2025

About The Role

This is an exciting role, and a great opportunity to join Perform Partners, as a Financial Administrator. We're an award winning Technology and Business Change Consultancy. Working within our highly skilled and growing finance team, you will provide a broad range of financial services. You will be taking on a range of financial administration duties, including: reconciliation, invoicing, payroll, supporting maintaining Xero (our financial software package), inputting financial data and running reports ready for analysis. You will help with account management & commercial reporting. You will also have the opportunity to lead on forecasting & budgeting in certain business areas. This is a diverse and stimulating role, which will give you the opportunity to develop your career. This role comes with great career progression prospects, as we’re looking for someone who wants to progress their career in Finance, and ultimately move into a more senior position in the future.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Financial data inputting and reconciliation
• Preparing customer invoices, and ensuring all invoices are raised in a timely fashion
• Coordinating supplier payments
• Providing payroll support
• Providing resource management support
• Maintaining accurate data in Xero (our financial software) and providing reports as and when required and supporting with the analysis of the reports
• Supporting with R&D and Grant opportunities
• Managing and reporting on departmental operating costs
• Supporting with providing company level financial analysis

About You

Essential Requirements:

• Good knowledge or working experience of accounting principles
• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate with senior leaders.
• Able to communicate financial matters (both verbal and written) effectively to a diverse range of individuals, with varying levels of financial literacy.
• Knowledge of bookkeeping or financial tracking
• Attention to detail and accuracy coupled with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Financially and commercially aware, with excellent attention to numerical detail.
• Motivated for a career in finance
• Able to work to tight month end reporting deadlines, along with the ability to prioritise workload effectively.
• Comfortable embracing a full range of duties from data entry/processing through to reporting financial performance to management.

Desirable Requirements

• Degree or equivalent qualification or experience in Accounting / Finance / Business Management
• Previous experience working within a finance department or in a similar financial administration role
• Working knowledge of using Financial / accounting Software
• A proven track record of working accurately within a transactional environment

About Perform Partners

Uncertainty isn’t sustainable, nor healthy. Let’s change that. Perform Partners are a business change delivery consultancy. But beneath the buzz words, we’re a team focused on finding solutions. We advise on and implement business change that cuts through the noise, bringing clarity and control. We create change that sticks. We rely upon the experience and skills of our team to deliver honest and pragmatic solutions. As we grow, we are looking to hire experienced Change Professionals on both a permanent and contract basis, to support Perform Partners both internally and work with our customers. Work practices are flexible, currently we are working remotely, out of our offices in Horsforth and Leeds; our individuals choose what works best for them and the customer.

Our Benefits

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Matched employer contributed pension up to 8%
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• An additional day of paid leave for your birthday
• Exciting calendar of social events and activities

Next Steps

To apply, submit your CV & cover letter. It takes less than a couple of minutes to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer, providing access to employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, colour, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, veteran status, military status, domestic violence victim status, familial status or criminal conviction status.