Finance Assistant

Location West London
Discipline: Accountancy & Legal
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £35k (c)
Contact name: Samantha Ainslie
Contact email: sam@requireconsultancy.com
Job ref: REF: 7848
Published: about 1 year ago
Expiry date: 24 Feb 2023 23:59

To provide support to the Group Finance team as required together with day-to-day accounts tasks including payments, purchases, journals, VAT and bank reconciliations using both a bespoke system and Xero.

Key Responsibilities

  • To work with finance team to ensure accuracy and completeness of data and reports

  • Day to day general accounts transaction processing on bespoke systems

  • To ensure efficient day to day processing of receipts, payments and bank entries

  • Preparing VAT returns and tracking monthly VAT tasks, as well as VAT reconciliations

  • Processing various data on Xero over multiple companies- including sales, purchases, journals and bank reconciliations

  • Ensuring company service standards are met at all times

  • Analysing and producing accurate monthly bordereaux returns

  • Reconciling financial systems to ensure integrity of financial data

  • Monthly reconciliation of insurer and debtor accounts

  • Monitoring of clients and other receipts into IPA account

Experience, Qualifications & Skills

  • Experience of working in a finance role

  • Knowledge of Xero or similar

  • VAT experience

  • Strong numeric skills, including good knowledge of Excel

  • Methodical approach with a sharp eye for detail

  • Ability to work as part of a small team as well as capable of ensuring individual responsibilities are met

  • Good communication skills both written and spoken

  • Customer focussed

The role offers a flexible hybrid patter to working. 3x days from home with 2 days required in the Mayfair HQ. So if you are in reachable commuting distance of W1, with the Finance aptitude we are looking for then please reach out to Sam today to discuss this excellent new opportunity.