Finance Administrator

BDO UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO UK is seeking a motivated individual for an entry-level finance role, supporting the Financial Accounts & Compliance Manager. Responsibilities include daily reconciliations, preparation of statutory accounts, and maintaining controls. If you're eager to advance in finance and improve processes, this is an excellent opportunity.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Career development programs

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Excel and Outlook, skilled in bank reconciliations.
• Previous experience in accounts payable or receivable is advantageous.
• Experience in professional services is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Process daily and monthly bank and GL reconciliations.
• Assist in preparation of year-end statutory accounts.
• Implement improvement opportunities in reconciliation processes.

Skills

Proficiency in Excel

Attention to detail

Good communication skills

Time management

Education

Willingness to study for ACA or equivalent

Tools

ERP (ideally Workday)

Job description

Ideas People Trust

We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We'll broaden your horizons

Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate - like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you'll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you'll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm.

We'll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

The main purpose of this role is to support the Financial Accounts & Compliance Manager.

It will include daily and monthly reconciliations of bank accounts and updating of accounting records, assisting with year-end group reporting and the production of statutory accounts for BDO's UK legal entities. You will also have wider responsibilities including supporting the Firm's Professional Indemnity Insurance provisioning process.

This is an excellent entry level role for an individual pursuing a career in finance.

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, driven and trusted individual who is keen to improve processes and progress their career and take on new responsibilities over time.

In this role you'll:

• Process the daily reconciliations of bank accounts
• Process the monthly reconciliations of GL accounts
• Maintain strong controls around the reconciliation process, identifying and implementing improvement opportunities where possible
• Conduct monthly reporting tasks as required, such as preparing journals
• Maintain records, produce reporting documents and co-ordinate payments in respect of professional Indemnity Insurance
• Support the Financial Accounts and Treasury Teams and resolve associated queries
• Set up manual payments, including obtaining approvals, on an adhoc basis
• Assist in the preparation of the year end statutory accounts, preparing deliverables for our external auditors and responding to their queries
• Update internal controls and maintain a strong control environment
• Carry out additional ad hoc projects and tasks when required

You'll be someone with:

• Proficiency in Excel and Outlook and in the production of bank reconciliations and preparation of accounting journals
• Previous experience using an ERP, ideally Workday
• Good communication skills, both oral and in writing
• The ability to manage and plan your own workload with multiple deadlines to be achieved
• Strong attention to detail when producing reports and using large data sets
• Experience of working in professional services or a partnership (desirable but not essential)
• Previous experience in accounts payable or accounts receivable would be advantageous
• Willingness to study for a professional qualification (ACA or equivalent) if not already commenced

You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We're in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO.

We're looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions

We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.