Finance Assistant

Ardonagh Specialty; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group is seeking a Finance Assistant based in London, offering hybrid work. The role involves providing accounting support, ensuring compliance with FCA regulations, and managing customer accounts. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication and organizational skills, with a background in finance or similar. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and comprehensive health benefits. This position is perfect for those looking to thrive in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Benefits

10% employer pension contribution

Life Assurance at 4x base salary

Private Medical Insurance

Group annual bonus scheme

Generous Annual Leave entitlement

Qualifications

• Good working relationships with internal and external clients.
• Ability to prioritize and organize workload to meet deadlines.
• Capable of constructing effective written communications.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality accounting support to clients.
• Ensure compliance with FCA rules and internal controls.
• Perform credit control and manage customer accounts.

Skills

Develop relationships with clients

Effective telephone communication

Organizational skills

Accurate data input

Ability to work under pressure

Tools

MS Excel

SUN Systems

Job description

Job Overview

Job Title: Finance Assistant

Location: London/Hybrid (Typically 2/3 days in the office)

Type: Full time – Permanent (If you are a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please do still get in touch)

At Ardonagh Specialty, we provide much more than just a workplace. We are dedicated to fostering skill development and knowledge within a team that is passionate about their work, values their Employees, and truly celebrates diversity.

Working at Ardonagh Specialty means you’ll be part of The Ardonagh Group. We are proud of our innovative environment offering many opportunities for growth across the wider group. Employees regularly move between our united teams, and we encourage you to make your role your own.

Our offices are lively and exciting places to be, but we understand that life needs flexibility, and offer a genuinely flexible approach to working. If you are looking to join a thriving, energetic business with exciting plans, this role could be an ideal fit for you.

What we can offer:

We offer much more than just an inclusive culture with apprenticeships, study support, participation in our annual Spotlight Awards, Community Trust, Sports Teams, office socials, events and so much more. All of this with a supportive management team as well as working alongside some of the industry’s top talent.

You’ll have access to wellbeing programs, fantastic discounts across many big-name businesses including supermarkets, gym memberships, restaurants, and healthcare cash plans etc.

Further perks of working with us (Fixed benefits):

• Employer pension contribution of 10% (providing you, the Employee provides 5%).

• Good work life balance - flexibility to suit you.

• Competitive salary.

• Life Assurance at X4 of your base salary.

• Group Income Protection.

• Generous Annual Leave entitlement.

• Private Medical Insurance.

• Group annual bonus scheme.

The purpose of this role is to:

• To provide efficient, high quality accounting support to internal and external customers

• To ensure day to day compliance with the systems and controls, established by the firm and to ensure compliance with FCA Rules CASS 5.4

To ensure compliance with FCA rules on Financial Crime prevention.

Main Responsibilities:

• Credit control of customer accounts and Inter-company accounts

• Verify supplier bank details and update beneficiary templates

• Enter invoices and staff expenses on Sun

• Perform regular payment runs to suppliers

• Produce RBS Bankline payments when required

• Reconcile & post bank statements on Sun

• Reconcile supplier statements and request copy invoices where required

• Generate NST payments into Bank Systems

• Post NST receipts from Bank Systems to Global XB

• Deal with internal and external NST related queries

• Provide assistance in other areas of the Company’s business as may be required

• Ensure Team is kept informed of any problems

Compliance:

· Comply with relevant legal, regulatory and Ardonagh Specialty compliance requirements, Errors and Omissions (E&O) compliance procedures and quality initiatives.

· Escalate any potential E&O's to Head of Finance, Divisional Directors and the Legal & Compliance team at the earliest opportunity.

Skills Required:

• Develop and sustain good working relationships with internal and external clients

• Ability to work supportively and jointly with colleagues

• Confident and effective telephone skills.

• Ability to work under pressure when necessary.

• Ability to construct written communications that are effective and meet business needs.

• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload to ensure that deadlines are adhered to

• Accurate data input skills

IT Skills: MS Excel, MS Word, SUN Systems (desirable, but not essential)

Think you don’t meet every requirement?

We are dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can thrive. If you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t perfectly match what we are looking for, please apply anyway. You might just be the right fit for the job, or other opportunities we may have within the wider Group.

Interview Process:

1. Submit your application with your CV, emphasising your skills and experience related to the job.

2. Our Talent Acquisition team will then arrange a call where they can tell you more about the role and the team. We want to learn about your motivation and goals, what you can bring to Ardonagh Specialty, and answer any immediate questions.

3. If successful, you will generally be invited to engage in a 1-hour interview with the Hiring Manager and selected team members, via teams or in person. We will discuss our technologies, key skills, and team dynamics and provide further opportunity to ask any questions. This is your chance to voice your thoughts on the role and we will outline our expectations and ensure this role aligns with your ambitions for the future.

4. Depending on the role, you may be invited to attend a second stage interview with further members of the team.

We truly value the diversity of our teams and as a Group, we are committed to supporting and welcoming individuals from all backgrounds. Should you require any reasonable adjustment throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let a member of the Talent team know.

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