Finance Assistant at Savona Foodservice in Kidlington OX5 1FP

About Savona

Savona is a leading independent foodservice wholesaler with over 50 years of experience supplying chefs, caterers, and hospitality professionals across the South of England. What truly sets us apart isn’t just our products – it’s our people, our culture, and our customer-first mindset.

We’re a business built on relationships. Every order, every delivery, every conversation is driven by one simple value: put the customer at the heart of everything we do. Our team takes pride in going the extra mile – anticipating needs, solving problems, and delivering a service experience that is personal, reliable, and refreshingly genuine.

We work fast, stay flexible, and think differently. As an independent company, we have the freedom to innovate, to act quickly, and to put doing the right thing above all else. Collaboration and integrity guide how we work – with our customers, our partners, and each other.

At Savona, you’ll join a team that values initiative, celebrates fresh ideas, and supports each other to grow. We’re passionate about food, serious about service, and proud of the reputation we’ve built.

The Role

We are currently looking to appoint a confident and articulate Finance Assistant. This is an all-round accounts role working within a small team

Job Responsibilities

• Proactively manage debt collection
• Actively chase outstanding debts via telephone, email and letter
• Complete credit insurance reports
• Maintain debtor days to target
• Take customer payments
• Post cash and allocate to the sales ledger daily
• Coding invoices to cost centres and ensuring correct authorisation
• Processing of expense invoices in a timely manner
• Reconciling supplier statements
• Weekly supplier payment run
• Create and update supplier accounts
• Monitor accounts inbox
• Communicating and resolving supplier queries or disputes.
• Assist other team members within the department when necessary
• General finance team duties during times of increased team workload and holiday cover

Person Specification

• Experience of both AR and AP roles - essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and adhere to strict deadlines
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft systems especially Excel - essential
• Knowledge of Sage 200
• Ability to work calmly in an environment that can be pressured
• Proven administrative skills
• Good attention to detail with the ability to multi-task
• Ability to work as a team player within a busy department
• Ability to work unsupervised and use own initiative

Employee Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Long service awards
• Company Pension scheme
• Death in service benefit
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to discounted food
• Non-contributory Cash Health Plan Scheme

Job Types: Permanent, Full-time

Pay: £27,000.00-£29,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kidlington OX5 1FP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person