Finance Assistant

Job Description

As a Finance Assistant focused on payroll analysis, you’ll own payroll analysis for Fuel and Central Cost Finance, covering most of our colleagues across the Group. You’ll control and reconcile the payroll balance sheet, give stakeholders insight into salaries as a key cost driver and help bring payrolls into a centralised process. Done well, payroll costs are accurate and well understood, and the year-end audit pack is delivered to a high standard.

Your week will include reconciling payroll balances, analysing payroll and headcount, and working with stakeholders on budget plans and team structures. You’ll redesign ways of working to improve efficiency and reporting quality, mentor a trainee management accountant, champion finance processes and systems, and support senior finance management with budgeting and ad hoc projects. You’ll be based in our Crewe office.

Your daily responsibilities will be...

• Payroll analysis: Own payroll analysis for Fuel and Central Cost Finance, covering most colleagues across the Group.
• Balance sheet: Control and reconcile the payroll balance sheet and align payrolls to the centralised process.
• Budgeting and headcount: Help stakeholders build budget plans, review headcount and structure, and act on their numbers.
• Insight: Give finance stakeholders insight into salaries as a key cost driver.
• Year end: Deliver a high-quality year-end audit pack to the auditors.
• Ways of working: Redesign processes to improve efficiency and reporting quality, and champion finance processes and systems.
• Mentoring: Support and mentor a trainee management accountant.
• Projects: Support senior finance management with budgeting and ad hoc projects.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Educated to degree level with a minimum 2:2 (Lower Second Class Honours).
• Has experience in a finance-related role.
• Uses Excel to build models, preferably at an advanced level.
• Has prepared and transformed large data sets.
• Can explain financial information to non-finance colleagues.
• Can prioritise to meet strict deadlines.

Desirable:

• Is AAT qualified, part-qualified or studying towards AAT.
• Has worked in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial business.

Additional Information

Your impact on Radius will be rewarded with a competitive rewards package plus the opportunity to develop and progress your career in many directions. 

Not only will you have the chance to further your career development within Radius, but you’ll also have access to our competitive reward and benefits package. 

Our benefits:

• Pension plan
• Life assurance
• Employee fuel card scheme (after 6 months)
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (after 12 months)
• Employee assistance programme
• 24 hour wellness and healthcare assistance via ‘Help@Hand’ by Unum
• Time off for fertility treatment and in the event of pregnancy loss
• ‘Cycle to work’ scheme

And of course, you will be part of a modern purpose-built space in Crewe that will provide you with an outstanding working environment complete with gym, café, barista bar, games rooms, and more!

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Diversity, Equality & Inclusion at Radius

Our global DEI networks champion LGBTQ+ inclusion, cultural diversity, women’s empowerment and mental health, neurodiversity and disability support.

We also offer:

• Global Female Health Policy & Female Health Champions
• Pregnancy Loss and Fertility Treatment Policies
• Endometriosis Friendly Employer (UK)
• Women-focused gym & female health events
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Disability Confident Committed Employer (Level 2)
• Race at Work Charter signatory
• Proud sponsor of Crewe Pride (5 years running) and Cheshire Pride Awards Corporate Supporter 2025
• Community network driving charity and volunteering initiatives, with 8 consecutive years of participation in the UK Challenge.
• Give as you earn scheme (payroll giving) and match funding

Next Steps

If you feel we are a good match for each other, you can apply online now!

If you’d like to understand more about the role or life at Radius before applying, then please contact our talent team directly.

Radius is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage of the process, please let us know, and we will do our best to support you.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.

Note to recruitment agencies:

We do not accept speculative recruitment agency CVs or profiles. Any unsolicited CV received by Radius will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee.

PSL agencies should only send CVs via our Applicant Tracking System, when approved to do so by the Radius Talent Team.