Finance Assistant
Generic Role Title: Finance Assistant Job Category: Finance Reporting To: Finance Director Travel Required: No Occupational Category: Finance and Accounting Responsible for team members: No Minimum Qualification experience: 5 years + in similar role, in an SME. Quickbooks Online experience desirable Role Purpose: We are seeking a detail-oriented Finance Assistant to support our Finance team in managing daily financial operations. This key role will focus on periodic reporting, daily financial operations, banking, VAT & PSA returns, AP, AR and credit control. The ideal candidate will have 5 years plus experience working in a small business, ideally using Quickbooks Online accounting system and with good excel skills. Element Description Accounting & Finance responsibilities: Responsible for accurate & timely input of invoices and journals into Quickbooks General Ledger to ensure accurate recordsPreparation of month end P&L, Balance Sheet and Bank reconciliations to enable monthly reportingMaintain financial excel dashboards, reconcile to ledgers to ensure accurate data for decision makingRaising accounts receivable invoices and manage credit control to drive timely receipts. Manage customer set up process.Process and verify supplier invoices and employee expense claims, and ensure timely payments to maintain good vendor relationships. Manage supplier set up process.Reconciliation of payments through the Woo Commerce system, ensuring transactions are transferred to the correct entity.Manage intercompany process to ensure intercompanies are reconciled and paid down.Preparation and upload of quarterly VAT returns and application of any HMRC Withholding Tax forms required for overseas customersSupport the finance team to create annual budgets, including analysis of overheads.Responsible for managing corporate credit card and debit card and using the VPN machineResponsible for completing the annual PCI compliance process Additional responsibilities: Be willing to initiate or assist with any process improvements and new system implementations Payroll responsibilities Preparation of payroll spreadsheet to send to external payroll provider for processingPSA calculation & compliance (Benefits in Kind) What we are looking for: Strong Finance and Accounting skillsExperience in Invoicing and Financial record keepingExcellent Analytical Skills for financial data analysisEffective Communication skills, both written and verbalAttention to detail and organisational skillsProficiency in financial software tools and Microsoft Office SuiteBachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field Benefits: Additional leave - Birthday leave, Loyalty leaveCompany pension schemeHybrid Working Career Growth: Lead and scale a high-performing sales function in a rapidly growing global industry.
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