Finance Accounts Assistant

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing professional practice in London seeks a finance assistant. Responsibilities include timesheet management, ledger administration, and database upkeep. The role offers opportunities for career progression in a supportive environment, along with flexible hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Client referral commission (6% of fees in the first 2 years)

Recruitment commission

Life insurance (4x salary)

Helping Hand Fund (supporting staff in times of need)

Qualifications

• Previous accounts experience (sales and/or purchase ledger) is essential.
• Confident multi-tasker with good understanding of Excel.
• Organised with good attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timesheets are received and entered daily, producing month-end reports.
• Code and input supplier invoices, process payments, and perform reconciliations.
• Maintain client and supplier databases, including new account creation.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Multi-tasking

Tools

IRIS time and fees

Xero

Approval Max

Zoho expenses

SOS legal

Job description

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? Focus Areas | Timesheet management, purchase and sales ledger, database upkeep, financial administration, general support

? Skills | IRIS time and fees, Xero, Approval Max, Zoho expenses, SOS legal (useful but not essential)

? Location | Slough

? Hybrid | Flexible hybrid working arrangements

? Offer | Competitive salary with benefits

Oury Clark is a fast-growing and highly successful professional practice. We believe in solving problems through a mix of disciplines. You’ll work alongside an expert team of business advisors, including Chartered Accountants, Chartered Tax Advisers, Financial Advisors, Lawyers, Insolvency Practitioners, and more. Our clients are complex, but our workplace politics are not, and we intend to keep it that way. Above all else, we are looking for people with their heads and hearts in the right place.

Key Responsibilities:

• Timesheet Management: Ensure timesheets are received from all staff daily, enter them into our time system, reconcile, and produce month-end reports.
• Purchase Ledger: Code and input supplier invoices, review due dates, process payments, liaise with suppliers, ensure client costs are recharged, review and pay employee expenses, and perform supplier statement reconciliations.
• Sales Ledger: Raise sales invoices, post receipts daily, upload monthly charges onto clients’ WIP, liaise with clients on invoice queries, publish monthly cost reports, and produce daily receipts reports.
• Database Upkeep: Maintain client and supplier databases, including creating new accounts, amending addresses, and archiving closed accounts.
• Financial Administration: Ensure credit card spend is coded weekly and all spend is supported by receipts, reconcile and post petty cash and company credit cards, post receipts and payments, and open & close accounts.
• General Support: Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on ad-hoc queries, maintain digital filing records, and support the finance team, including credit control.

Requirements:

• Previous accounts experience (sales and/or purchase ledger) is essential.
• Experience with systems such as IRIS time and fees, Xero, Approval Max, Zoho expenses, and SOS legal is useful but not essential.
• Organised with good attention to detail.
• Confident multi-tasker with a good understanding of Excel.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Client referral commission (6% of fees in the first 2 years).
• Recruitment commission.
• Life insurance (4x salary).
• Helping Hand Fund (supporting staff in times of need).
• Please see our website for a full list of benefits.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a team that takes their job seriously, but not themselves.
• Enjoy ample opportunities for career progression in a rapidly expanding firm.
• Work in a supportive environment with partners and colleagues who are committed to your success.