Finance Assistant

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.