Finance executive at Retail Insights

Retail Insights; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail insights company in London seeks a Finance Executive to manage accounts payable and receivable, assist in budget tracking, and produce finance reports. Candidates should possess a finance degree and have at least 2 years of relevant experience. Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills are essential for this onsite role, which offers opportunities for growth within a dynamic team.

Benefits

Great prospects of personal growth

Best in class finance training

Positive company culture

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in finance with outstanding results.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in finance.
• Exceptional attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts payable and receivable functions.
• Post daily accounting transactions into Zero.
• Assist with budget tracking and cost reconciliations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving skills

Process orientation

Education

Finance bachelor's or master's degree

Tools

Zero accounting software

Job description

Overview

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about finance? If so, you might be our Finance executive.

About us

Retail Insights is Northern Europe’s leading retail forum. We are strengthening the retail ecosystem by building a platform for insights, inspiration, and networking, connecting more than 3,000 leaders yearly from more than 15 countries.

Retail Insights is part of United Media which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

What we offer you

As our Finance executive you get the unique opportunity to be a key player in building one of our portfolio companies. By providing you with the ownership of our finances, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone. You’ll be working out of our HQ in London and to ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with:

• To work with a high growth international company with super brands.
• Great prospects of personal growth and development in the company.
• Best in class finance training.
• Ability to make a contribution and gain the recognition.
• Great company culture.

Your Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will vary; however, some of them will be to:

• The role would entail both accounts payable and accounting receivable functions.
• Ensuring daily accounting transactions are posted into Zero.
• Assisting with budget trackers / cost reconciliations for conferences (this will be a new process and requires the careful tracking of invoices).
• Assisting with the production of monthly finance reports across the business,
• Assisting with ad-hoc finance projects and assisting with the implementation of new finance processes.

What we expect from you

You possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency. You have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what you do. You take ownership of everything you do, are proactive and follow through on commitments. Moreover, you’re humble and you share our passion for building and executing new businesses. Furthermore, we expect that you:

• Have acquired a finance bachelor’s or master's degree with outstanding results (finance exams are a plus)
• 2 + years of experience in finance
• Have an UK work permit
• Have an exceptional attention to detail
• Have excellent problem solving skills
• Are highly process oriented and systematic

Startdate

As soon as possible

The role is onsite, Monday to Friday, based in our offices at Buckingham Gate. It is essential we work at a fast pace and collaborate in person to create market-leading, unmatched events throughout the calendar year. It will be great to have you as part of our team.