Senior Finance Assistant

Description:

The candidate will support the day-to-day handling of accounting processes. The candidate will receive mentorship and gain exposure to Management Accounting. Emphasis is placed on the importance of culture, embracing respect and ambition. The Senior Finance Assistant will need to show the potential to take on wider roles and responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

· Support key financial processes, support the Financial Controller and raise standards across the agency.

· Support of month-end procedure.

· Income recognition, questioning budget approvals and scrutinising work before providing income summaries to the Financial Controller.

· Cash and bank responsibilities. Including updating daily cash postings, along with short-term cashflow forecast, month-end bank reconciliations and petty cash reconciliations.

· Liaising with project leads on client spend and ensuring and issues are dealt with swiftly.

· Accounts payable, chasing Purchase Orders, ensuring invoices are processed accurately and the correct procedure has been carried out by employees.

· Management of company credit cards, ensuring the completion of monthly statements and chasing missing receipts.

· Accounts receivable, including the completion of monthly client billing, liaising with accounts leads and chasing client debt where required.

· Assist Financial Controller in month-end reporting to the board. This would include utilization reports, absence reports and detailed debtor’s ledgers.

· Updating timesheets each week.