We’re seeking a Finance Assistant to join our Head Office in Thame. The role requires a Finance assistant to join CPM’s Finance department - we will even support towards your qualifications! Excellent salary - Up to £30k  and excellent benefits including pension and 26 days holiday rising to 31 days

As Finance Assistant, you’ll be working in a fast-paced environment alongside a knowledgeable team so there’s never a dull day at work.

Ideal Location: Thame, United Kingdom, OX9

Salary: Up to £30k DOE

The Finance Assistant Role:

This key role within our Finance department will work across both the Financial & Commercial accounts teams and is pivotal to ensuring all accounts are processed in a timely manner. We are a very dynamic business, meaning that you will have several projects on the go at any one time. Timescales can often be short, so your ability to rise to a challenge and manage business expectations will be vital!

Key Responsibilities for the Finance Assistant are:

• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Fixed Asset Management.
• Supporting the production of Statutory Accounts for each entity supported by Omni-SSG.
• Supporting Sarbanes Oxley processes including testing and sampling..
• Audit support
• Raising of invoices
• Creating and posting of journals
• Assisting in production of periodic client reconciliations
• Additional ad-hoc duties to support the finance department.
• Support fixed asset management.

You would enjoy this Finance Assistant role if:

• You have experience of working in a financial environment.
• You are actively studying (ACA, AAT,CIMA or ACCA). We will support your studies!
• You would enjoy being client facing and are able to quickly build rapport with people.
• You thrive on working to extremely tight deadlines at month and quarter end.
• You know when to modify how you present your information. ensuring the key points land with your audience
• You have a commitment to quality and actively seek to broaden your experience and knowledge to keep ahead of the curve!
• You’re curious – you seek to understand what is going on and proactive in recommending improvements.
• Your team is important to you, you like to get involved in a great one team culture and are not averse to the occasional team activity, including fancy dress!
  
  
  
  

Benefits Include: 

• 26 days holiday + Bank Holidays, with yearly increments to a maximum of 31 days per annum
• Generous Employer pension contribution up to 10%
• Income protection and Life Assurance (Up to 4X salary)
• Private Medical Insurance and subsidised dental and eye care plans
• Flexible benefits to suit you e.g. Buy/Sell holiday, Perks at work offers discount on a range of brands
• Enhanced parental leave options
• Paid charity work (2 days per annum)

Why work for us?

In addition to a great salary up to £30k (DOE) you will be joining a forward-thinking innovative company, who believes and invests in their people. We will support you to complete your ACCA or CIMA qualification and give you the training and opportunities to be your very best. In addition to free on-site parking, we have a great company culture, with many work social events you can be involved in.

CPM are winners of the Investors in People Gold award. We recognise that our people are the key to our success, we run an employee reward and recognition scheme and strive to ensure our people have all of the training and support they need in order to be successful.

CPM are an equal opportunities employer we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities. 

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Your Career

As a Systems Engineer you provide technical expertise and guidance in your customer’s zero trust journey.  You will play a key role in defining technical solutions that secure a customer’s key business imperatives. You evangelise our industry leadership in cloud, endpoint, and network security solutions that establish Palo Alto Networks as the cybersecurity partner of choice.

Your Impact

Curiosity is core to the SE role, and you see complex problems as opportunities to learn and deliver innovative solutions. You define your impact by the following:

• Meeting and exceeding sales quotas by building and implementing strategic, technical account plans that target cross-platform solutions 
• Conducting discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of your prospects and customers
• Planning and building compelling technical and business-focused solutions which drive adoption and growth after the initial sale and across the portfolio
• Demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to influence through effective presentations and customer-specific demos, technical engagements, and workshops
• Orchestrating supporting resources to ensure a one-team approach that demonstrates a cohesive strategy
• Promoting end-to-end solutions that include PANW and/or partner professional services to ensure customers realize business value sooner
• Understanding the competitive landscape and effectively differentiate our leadership 
• Continuously investing in yourself to develop technical and professional skills that drive your ever-increasing contributions to customer success while actively participating within the SE community and at industry events

• Thorough training program to kickstart your banking career  
• Access to extensive employee benefits & discounts 
• Be part of a collaborative and high-performing culture

Please note that rosters are predetermined. Before applying please ensure you are available to cover the following roster.

20 hours per week: 

• Monday to Friday: 9.15am to 2.15pm

Do work that matters  

As the public face of CommBank, the Retail Banking Services (RBS) team delivers a seamless banking experience to more than 10 million personal and small business customers. We’ve been serving our local communities for over 100 years, with market-leading products, services and technology.  

What we do has real impact at all stages of people’s lives, from opening their first account, saving for a holiday, buying their first home, or planning for retirement. Working with us in RBS means you’ll positively impact our customers’ lives and be there for them when they need us.   

See yourself in our team 

As the Customer Banking Specialist in our Albany Branch, you’ll: 

• Have in-depth conversations with every customer about how we can support their overall banking needs including Home Loans, Business Banking & Financial Advice  
• Support customers with enquiries, maintenance on accounts and process applications for credit products    
• Complete Financial Health Checks to assess customers’ financial needs and identify any changes   
• Provide options for the customer through education & demonstration of our in-branch technology and digital banking options  
• Problem solve & provide effective solutions whilst championing our processes, procedures & drive our risk-adverse culture  

We’re interested in hearing from people who have  

• Proven experience delivering exceptional Customer Service ideally in Financial Services, Retail or Hospitality   
• Excellent communication skills & the ability to articulate financial terms in a clear way  
• The ability to ask the right questions, find solutions, act with integrity and place the customer at the centre of everything you do  
• Ability to work in a busy, commercial and driven retail environment whilst seeing the big picture for customers and providing them with holistic solutions  
• A genuine interest in building a career with CommBank and improving the financial wellbeing and lives of our customers  

With us, you’ll help customers make informed financial decisions to achieve their goals.  

If this role matches your experience and career goals, apply today! 

Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander people encouraged to apply

Do work that matters

The Business Banking Contact Centre supports a range of business customer’s financial needs to move their business from today into tomorrow. Our Business Banking team provide invaluable support to our frontline Relationship Managers as the first point of contact to our business and private banking customers.

See yourself in our team

You'll be joining the Business and Private Banking (BPB) team - a hardworking bunch who support our online and phone business banking activities. Customer experience will be at the centre of everything you do.

As a Business Banking Associate you will receive incoming calls and provide a premium level of technical support over the phone to assist our clients with their Business Banking and their merchant facilities.

What we are looking for

• Previous customer service experience and exceptional customer service skills is essential
• Finance experience or an interest in banking is desirable
• Someone who thrives in a busy environment
• Having a resilient nature is essential in this role
• The ability to master different technologies and multitask

Roster

Our customers are at the centre of everything we do. To be there for them every step of the way we'll need you to commit to a rotating roster which operates between the hours of:

• Monday - Sunday
• 7.00am-10.00pm
• You will need to be available to work weekends on a regular basis (every 3-6 weeks)

Training commences on the Monday 13 May  with all new starters undergoing 4 weeks of mandatory full time training, Monday to Friday 9-5pm.

*Please note we cannot provide any time off during the 4 weeks training, so if you can have any upcoming leave during the training period, we recommend you apply for the next campaign later in the year.  

Working with us: 

Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you. 

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. One where we’re driven by our values, and supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy. One where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.