Details:
- Salary: £30,000 - 35,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: SE1 Vintry Greater London
- Date: 6 days ago
Description:
Finance Assistant
Hours: 20 hours per week
Office: Hybrid arrangement following successful completion of probation
Reporting to: Finance Director
Salary: £30,000 to 35,000 (FTE equivalent) based on experience
The Opportunity to join and grown your career with a globally scaling group, focussed on specialist recruitment services in the UK and US. The successful candidate will support the accounts function and wider group with a broad set of responsibilities. Finance is viewed as a partner to the business and its operations, not just a score keeper.
Key Responsibilities
* Responsible for transactional processing and reporting across the US and UK, Cash, AP and AR ledgers.
* Raising sales invoices with careful attention to value drivers and VAT/sales tax.
* Credit control organisation and management.
* Administering client trading agreements and database of headline commercial terms.
* Review, challenge and processing of supplier invoices and maintaining accounts payable.
* Weekly bank/cash reconciliations.
* Support management and statutory accounts completion processes, as well as tax advisor liaison.
Key Requirements
* Proven experience in bookkeeping and accounts payable and receivable in a SME environment.
* Must be a proficient user of Xero accounting software.
* Good organisational skills with the ability to work independently and prioritise workloads effectively.
* Enjoys building relationships and has effective and professional communication skills to collaborate with all internal and external stakeholders.
* Strong attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
* A good understanding of the working of financial statements.
* Comfortable to work in a changing and enhancing environment and able to make process and control improvement suggestions.
Background
* At least 5 years finance assistant / junior experience
* At least 2 years hands on Xero experience
* Able to attend our London Bridge office at least once a week following probation period (full-time office attendance will be mandatory during probation).
Nice to Haves
* Part or fully qualified accountancy qualification.
* Experience gained in a multi-currency operating environment.
* Previous role in a recruitment / professional services business.
If the role sounds like a good fit and you’d like to find out more, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and let’s have a chat about the opportunity