Finance Assistant

London's historical retail company is looking for a Finance Assistant. If you have experience within a similar role looking to join a fast paced environment this is the role for you.

The Role:

• Ensure Purchase Ledger invoices received are approved and forwarded to the relevant person for review and approval in a timely manner;
• Enter and code financial transactions appropriately onto the accounting system;
• Identify where accruals are required to ensure the completeness of data on a monthly basis;
• Process invoices and expense forms;
• Reconcile supplier statements to the Vendors ledger;
• Support with the preparation of the payment run to suppliers and answer ad hoc queries;
• Validate invoices against POs and resolve any queries in a timely manner
• Assist with reconciling cash receipts to outstanding invoices on the Sales Ledger;
• Deal with customer queries on their account;
• Provide support to other areas of the business when dealing with customer transactions;
• Provide assistance in reconciling and posting the various bank accounts;
• Provide assistance with reconciling the various company credit cards
• Post all purchase ledger invoices to Sage and prepare payment runs;
• Prepare photography commissions;
• Processing school commission invoices for payment;
• Reconcile supplier statements for all subsidiary companies;
• Perform bank reconciliations;
• Assist with preparation of VAT and other statutory returns;
• Assist with other reconciliations/ analysis as required;
• Assist with preparation of year-end audit packs.

Required:

- 1 year experience within a similar role

- Experienced using Navision

- 5 days in the office, 9am - 5pm