Careers

The Role:

The Brightstar Group are seeking a new Finance Assistant to support in our Finance and Operations Team. This role means you will become a valued member of our Operations teams covering both Brightstar Financial, Sirius Finance and Solstar Insurance Brokers.

The Business:

Brightstar Financial is the UK’s leading specialist distributor and provider of specialist mortgage solutions to the financial intermediary market. Financial advisers and mortgage brokers engage Brightstar to help them seek mortgage solutions for clients where mainstream options are not available. Sirius Finance is a direct-to-consumer regulated firm providing support to clients on residential mortgages to complex commercial, development and short-term finance solutions.

Brightstar has been twice winner of The Sunday Times Best Small Company to work for in the UK and has won over 145 industry awards. We are an Investors in People Gold Business, winners of the Global IIP Employer of the year award and we are signatory members of the Women in Finance Charter, Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter and Pride in Finance Charter. We are also a Living Wage employer. We are reputed for our excellent customer service, receiving over 4,500 5 Star reviews on Trustpilot for the outstanding service we have given to brokers and clients alike.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing of email inboxes, responding to queries and directing tasks to appropriate team members.
• Provide day-to-day administrative and financial support to the Finance Team and wider business. • Assist the Group Head of Finance and other team members with ad hoc tasks and projects as required.
• Invoices and expenses reconciliation including allocations on our CRM system.
• Manage accounts receivable for our AR firm and assisting them where required to support effective management and processing of cases.
• Support our Insurance team with daily payment reconciliation, monitor and pro-actively manage outstanding balances, and provide additional support to the insurance team as needed.
• Any other duties as required to fulfil the functions of the Finance and Operations team

Skills / Experience required:

• • Strong organisational and communication skills with attention to detail
• • Motivated and well organised
• • Computer literate and good knowledge Microsoft Office and Sage Accounting.
• Excellence in customer service to deliver first class service
• Desire be a successful team player in a busy and dynamic environment.

Remuneration:

• £23,500 To £27,000 depending on experience
• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holiday plus birthday and company pension scheme
• 6-month induction & probation