Finance Placement Assistant

Savills Limited; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate firm in Camden Town is offering a Finance Placement Assistant role for university students in their penultimate year. This 13-month position involves management accounting and financial reporting. Candidates should have a strong background in Finance or Accounting, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills. This role offers competitive salaries, performance bonuses, and opportunities for community involvement.

Benefits

Performance bonuses

Volunteering/charity days

Qualifications

• Must be in penultimate year of study.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages is required.

Responsibilities

• Process payments via purchase ledger or online system.
• Liaise with banks and suppliers for payment processing.
• Maintain cash books and perform bank reconciliations.
• Assist with management accounts and budget monitoring.
• Develop awareness of corporate governance and taxation.

Skills

Good communication skills

Strong inter-personal skills

Attention to detail

Basic Excel skills

Self-starter with a proactive attitude

Excellent written and spoken English

Team player

Education

Relevant undergraduate degree in Finance or Accounting

Strong GCSEs and A-Levels (or equivalent)

Job description

Overview

The key objective for the Finance Placement Assistant ("FPA") role is to assist the Finance team with management accounting and financial reporting responsibilities. The role provides on-the-job one-to-one training.

Responsibilities

• Regularly process payments either via the oversight of the purchase ledger function or through an online approval system
• Liaise with third parties (banks, lawyers) to facilitate processing of payments and liaise with suppliers to resolve queries
• Maintenance of intra-group loans and loan interest schedule
• Maintain cash books
• Perform bank reconciliations
• Assist the team with the Sales Ledger function, dealing with credit control and liaising with Fund teams
• Assist FM with reviews of management accounts for senior management
• Assist FM with monitoring budgets and cash flow analysis / forecasting
• Assist FM with review and preparation of annual statutory financial statements
• Assist FM with and develop an awareness of the audit process
• Assist FM with other ad hoc reporting as required
• Develop an awareness of corporate governance
• Develop an awareness of relevant taxation matters
• May assist with other ad-hoc tasks from time to time; full guidance will be provided by the FM

Qualifications

• Undertaking a relevant undergraduate university degree e.g. Finance or Accounting, (must be in penultimate year)
• Strong GCSEs and A-Levels (or equivalent)
• Basic Excel skills and competence with other Microsoft Office packages
• Good attention to detail
• Good communication skills
• Strong inter-personal skills
• Self-starter with a proactive attitude, willingness to learn and demonstrate this during interview
• Excellent written and spoken English
• A team player

About Savills Investment Management

We are a dedicated real estate and real-estate debt specialist managing €25.5bn on behalf of institutional investors globally. Our global platform of 15 locations enables us to combine a truly global perspective with local expertise. We have over 30 years of experience delivering real estate strategies for investors, with over 380 staff dedicated to positive client outcomes. Our strategies span office, logistics & industrial, retail, living and debt sectors, with a commitment to responsible investment integrated into our investment-management process.

With offices in over 15 locations globally, Savills IM employees connect to network, learn, collaborate and grow within a diverse environment.

Role Details

The Finance team at Savills Investment Management has two 13-month full-time placement opportunities open to university students in their penultimate year. This role offers hands-on financial management and financial reporting experience. Please note this is an office-based role (Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:30). We reward our employees for loyalty and performance with competitive salaries and performance bonuses.

Time for what matters: our volunteering/charity days enable you to give back to local communities, from soup kitchens to canal clean-ups and bake sales.