Junior Finance Executive

Prestige Corporate Events; Croydon; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Regular socials and team events

Access to live events in role

Job summary

Prestige Corporate Events is seeking a Junior Finance Executive in Croydon to support day-to-day finance as we migrate to Zoho Books and link finance with CRM. You will keep ledgers clean, reconcile bank and card accounts, prepare payments, and provide leadership with timely reporting on margin, cashflow and forecast performance.

This hands-on role offers breadth and growth into cashflow forecasting and credit control.

Qualifications

• Some finance, bookkeeping or accounts experience.
• Strong attention to detail and methodical reconciliations.
• Confident with spreadsheets and data entry.
• Well organised with deadlines and prioritisation.
• Clear communicator across finance and sales.
• Discreet handling of sensitive financial data.
• Experience with Zoho Books/CRM or similar systems.
• Understanding of VAT, ledgers and reconciliations.
• Studying toward or interested in AAT or equivalent.
• Exposure to events, hospitality or ticketing sector.

Responsibilities

• Post and upload invoices in Zoho Books and maintain ledgers.
• Reconcile ledgers against statements and CRM records.
• Manage bank feeds and reconcile cashbook and company cards.
• Prepare payments and support authorisation by senior staff.
• Produce margin, cashflow, forecast reports and variances.
• Support cashflow tracking and credit control activities.
• Assist with Zoho Books migration and system reconciliation.
• Handle ad hoc finance tasks for the leadership team.

Skills

Finance experience

Attention to detail

Spreadsheet skills

Organised

Communication

Discretion

Zoho experience

VAT knowledge

AAT study

Events exposure

Education

AAT study

Tools

Zoho Books

Zoho CRM

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Location: 2 minutes from East Croydon Station

Reports to: Finance Director

Works with: Operations Director and the wider Sales team

Hours: Full time

About the role

Prestige Corporate Events is a fast-growing hospitality and events business. As we move our finance operation onto Zoho Books and tighten the link between our finance and CRM systems, we are looking for a Junior Finance Executive to sit at the heart of day-to-day finance: keeping the ledgers clean, the bank and card accounts reconciled, payments prepared, and giving the leadership team accurate, timely reporting on margin, cashflow and forecast performance.

This is a hands‑on role with real breadth. You will own routine processes end to end, support a live systems migration, and grow into higher‑value analysis such as cashflow forecasting and credit control. It suits someone early in their finance career who is well organised, accurate, and keen to develop.

Key responsibilities

Bookkeeping and ledgers

• Post and upload sales and purchase invoices in Zoho Books, maintaining accurate purchase and sales ledgers.
• Log invoices and receipts to the agreed format and maintain orderly invoice files (digital or hard copy).
• Reconcile ledgers periodically against supplier statements and against Zoho CRM records.

Bank, cards and reconciliation

• Manage the bank feed; check that postings are correctly classified and reconciled.
• Weekly reconciliation of the cashbook and company credit cards, with uploads to the accounting software.
• Ensure spend complies with company expenses and spend policy.
• Maintain purchase invoice files to support the bank and card accounts.

Payments and payables

• Run payables reports in Zoho and reconcile them against the Operations Director's payable reports in Zoho CRM.
• Manage payments due and feed the schedule to the Operations Director.
• Prepare payments with supporting information and documentation for the Finance Director and Operations Director to authorise.

Reporting and analysis

• Margin reporting: reconcile margin across Zoho CRM and Zoho Books.
• Sales forecasting: forecast versus actual reporting on tickets, revenue and margin across the event programme.
• Ticket liability: track and map unordered ticket liability.

Cashflow

• Input and maintain cashflow tracking.
• Cashflow analysis: prior-year trends, customer payment plan levels, supplier payment plan detail, and VAT predictions.
• Cashflow risk reporting and early notification of issues.

Credit control

• Assist with collections and chase overdue accounts.
• Escalate to formal debt proceedings where required.

Compliance and systems

• Support the Zoho Books migration: help upload 2025 records into the new system and reconcile debtors, creditors and control accounts.
• Assist with control account and journal reconciliation.

Ad hoc

• Support the finance and leadership teams with ad hoc tasks as needed.

Person specification

• Some finance, bookkeeping or accounts experience (in role or through study or placement).
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical, accurate approach to reconciliations.
• Confident with spreadsheets (Excel or Google Sheets).
• Well organised, able to manage recurring deadlines and prioritise.
• Clear communicator, comfortable working with colleagues across finance and sales.
• Discreet and trustworthy when handling sensitive financial data.
• Experience with Zoho Books, Zoho CRM, or similar accounting and CRM platforms.
• Understanding of VAT, purchase and sales ledgers, and bank reconciliation.
• Studying towards, or interested in studying, AAT or an equivalent accounting qualification.
• Exposure to the events, hospitality or ticketing sector.

The package

• £26,000 to £32,000 salary depending on experience.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Regular company socials and team events.
• The opportunity to attend many of the world's best live sporting and entertainment events as part of the role.
• A broad role with genuine ownership and a clear runway to grow into forecasting, analysis and credit control, as we shape our finance function during a period of growth and system modernisation.