Mission: We’re building the most engaged digital audiences in the world.

The Role

The Finance Assistant is an all-round hands-on finance role and will support the finance team with day-to-day financial operations. This role requires an individual with strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle multiple tasks. The successful candidate will be working towards their AAT qualification and will be responsible for assisting with financial records, processing invoices, and other finance-related tasks.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Payable:

• Process supplier invoices.
• Process expense claims whilst adhering to the companies’ expense policy.
• Process invoices for all company cards in line with company policy.
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve any discrepancies.
• Prepare and process our weekly, bi-weekly and monthly payment runs in line with company policy and internal sign off process.

Accounts Receivable:

• Prepare and issue invoices and statements to customers.
• Support and train the wider business (where applicable) on issuing invoices to customers.
• Prepare departmental debtor reports with commentary.
• Complete the debt chase and collection process in line with company policy.
• Process receipts and reconcile customer accounts and resolve any discrepancies.
• Perform customer remittance requests.

Bank Reconciliation:

• Perform daily bank reconciliations.
• Investigate and resolve any discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Perform monthly statement reconciliations for all bank accounts and correct all discrepancies.
• Complete daily cashflow reconciliations on our cashflow management software.

Other duties:

• Manage our timesheet process, including improvement and reporting.
• Provide support with the preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Aiding in the implementation and review of financial processes.
• Support the business from an accounting perspective.
• Provide support with the preparation of annual accounts.
• Prepare first draft VAT returns for review from accounting partners.
• Provide support to the finance team on reporting templates.
• Manage the chart of accounts inline with reporting templates.
• Provide support to the finance team on chart of accounts.
• Provide support to the finance team on reporting templates.
• Support with preparation of internal management reporting.
• Provide general administrative support to the finance team.
• Provide support during internal and external audits.
• Assist in the preparation of financial reports.
• Other ad-hoc duties as required by finance team and wider business.

What We Are Looking For

• Maintain accurate and organized filing systems for financial documents (physical & digital).
• Strong, demonstrable working knowledge of transactional finance.
• Able to work independently and within tight timelines.
• Able to communicate with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Able to manage workload and diary commitments effectively.
• Strong ERP / finance system skills.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office and google products especially excel and google sheets.
• Experience of Xero/Dext/AGICAP/Pleo is an advantage (training will be provided).
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Honest and reliable.
• Strong attention to detail.