Finance Assistant

fin-house; London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance house in London seeks a finance professional to manage client accounts and enhance finance functions for diverse startups and SMEs. Candidates should be nearly qualified in AAT or part-qualified in ACCA/CIMA, with experience in accounting tools like Xero. This unique opportunity offers competitive salary, ongoing professional development and a vibrant team culture.

Benefits

Competitive Salary based on experience

Company-wide performance related bonus scheme

Tailored personal development plan

Birthday day off

Office closed between Christmas and New Year's

Monthly socials with the team

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience working in a finance-related role.
• Experience with managing a portfolio of clients is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage client finance inboxes and communications.
• Prepare VAT returns and monthly payroll journals.
• Support with the implementation of scalable finance systems.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Attention to Detail

Education

AAT Level 4 or part-qualified ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Xero

Quickbooks

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

The Key Bits:

Location: We are based in Waterloo (London) with a minimum of three days in the office a week

Salary: Between £28,000 - £35,000 depending on experience

About fin-house:

At fin-house, we're fuelling startups, scaleups and SMEs with awesome finance teams.

The problem: The current go to for start-ups and SMEs is outsourcing their finance function and team to accountancy firms who are very far removed from the business and often simply produce numbers without context.

Our solution: At fin-house we deliver 'in-house'. This means, our clients will have a team IN their business, providing proactive insight, advice and commercial support enabling them to make the right decisions at the right time. We make sure our clients get the finance function they need, when they need it, seamlessly integrated into their business.

Where You Will Play a Part:

This is no ordinary finance role... If you're after normality, this isn't for you!

Your role will be to:

• Work across a portfolio of diverse companies, ranging from startups to established SME's.
• Help transform the finance function into a value adding machine, supporting on the implementation and evolution of scalable systems and processes.
• Processing and leading on the day-to-day transactions so everything is highly efficient and manual processes are minimal!
• Being a first point of contact for your clients and communicating effectively to external stakeholders.

What Success Will Look Like:

• You'll be at the forefront of innovation in the finance function and make an impact on every organisation you support. You'll be adding value, not just producing numbers!
• You'll gain extensive experience across a wide variety of industries and sectors working in some of the most exciting startups and impact-driven organisations.
• The pace at which your career in finance will progress will be quicker here and we will work with you on a purposeful career development plan, with on-going mentoring.

Your Day to Day:

• Able to create and complete a balance sheet reconciliation pack from start to finish with ease.
• Able to manage between 3-5 client ‘finance' inboxes and ongoing communications with external and internal stakeholders.
• Can identify and communicate basic performance trends and variances within the monthly P&L report, particularly against budgeted/forecast targets.
• Can analyse the monthly payroll/staffing costs, so able to post the monthly payroll journal and reconcile all staff related control accounts. This will include planning the PAYE/NI and Pension liabilities due and ensuring the payments are scheduled and included in any cash flow forecast.
• Comfortable creating prepayment and accruals month end schedules and corresponding journals to be posted on Xero /equivalent finance system.
• Can manage the processing of invoices through Dext/Briefcase (expense management softwares) to ensure appropriate approval chains are satisfied and each cost is correctly tagged/identified before submission to Xero/ equivalent finance system.
• Can prepare a VAT return, fully understanding transactions in each box and being able to identify if there are any errors.
• Understands how to prepare monthly depreciation journals and update and maintain a fixed asset register.
• Comfortable reconciling multiple bank accounts and being able to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders to deal with queries, such as missing or additional information required to complete the task.
• Raising of sales invoices and effective credit control to ensure invoices are paid on time.
• Preparing weekly/bi-weekly/monthly payment runs and communicating with relevant stakeholders required across the approval chain.

You Should Join Us If:

• You'll strive to add tangible value to our clients.
• You're a team player that wants to be part of a vibrant, collaborative and tight knit culture.
• You're a fast learner who has no difficulty in picking up new technologies and can easily adapt to new situations.
• You have intellectual curiosity and a passion for continuous learning and development.
• You are an excellent communicator and have great people skills with high levels of self-awareness. You love to pay attention to the details.
• You have impeccable time-management and organisation skills

Requirements

• Nearly qualified AAT (at least completing Level 4) or partly qualified in either ACCA or CIMA
• 2-3 years' experience working in a finance-related role
• Experience with Xero and/or Quickbooks is ideal
• Proficient at Excel and/or Google Sheets
• Experience of working with a portfolio of clients is desirable

Benefits

Competitive Salary based on experience

Company-wide performance related bonus scheme

Tailored personal development plan, to help you grow

Birthday day off - celebrate another year older and wiser how you like!

Office closed between Christmas and New Year's

Monthly socials with the team

Plenty more benefits to come