Finance Assistant

Overview

• Effectively and efficiently managing multiple client accounts across your designated portfolio to meet required weekly and monthly deadlines.
• Managing between 3-5 client finance inboxes and ongoing communications with external and internal stakeholders.
• Creating prepayment and accruals month-end schedules and corresponding journals to be posted on Xero / equivalent finance system.
• Managing the processing of invoices through Dext (expense management software) to ensure appropriate approval chains are satisfied and each cost is correctly tagged/identified before submission to Xero / equivalent finance system.
• Understanding the basics and core components to compile a VAT return, and what transactions are to be recorded in each box.
• Preparing monthly depreciation journals and updating and maintaining a fixed asset register.
• Reconciling multiple bank accounts and communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders to address queries.
• Raising sales invoices and implementing credit control to ensure invoices are paid on time.
• Preparing weekly/bi-weekly/monthly payment runs and communicating with relevant stakeholders required across the approval chain.

• You’ll strive to add tangible value to our clients.
• You’re a team player who wants to be part of a vibrant, collaborative and tight-knit culture.
• You’re a fast learner who has no difficulty in picking up new technologies and can easily adapt to new situations.
• You have intellectual curiosity and a passion for continuous learning and development.
• You are an excellent communicator with great people skills and a high level of self-awareness. You love to pay attention to the details.
• You have impeccable time-management and organisation skills
• AAT Level 3 or have started your certificate levels in either ACCA or CIMA
• 2-3 years’ experience working in a finance-related role
• Proficient at Excel and/or Google Sheets
• Experience with Xero and/or Quick Books is ideal
• Experience of working with a portfolio of clients is desirable