Project Accounting Assistant

Jack Morton; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global experience agency is seeking a Project Accounting Assistant. This role includes supporting the finance department with billing, project administration, and developing expertise in accounting software. Ideal for recent graduates or those starting their accounting journey, the position offers onsite work in Hammersmith with remote flexibility, along with support for professional accounting qualifications.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance is ideal but not essential.
• Eager to learn and organised.
• Interest in pursuing a professional accounting qualification.

Responsibilities

• Assist with billing and raising sales invoices.
• Maintain contracts and assist with financial reconciliations.
• Support project managers and finance team with administrative tasks.
• Develop expertise in bespoke project accounting software.

Skills

Confident IT user

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Proactive attitude

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Overview

Project Accounting Assistant

We’re looking for a Project Accounting Assistant to join our busy finance department and support our project accounting team with a variety of financial and administrative tasks. This is a great opportunity for someone at the start of their accounting journey — perhaps a recent graduate or someone looking to move into finance — who is keen to build a solid foundation and pursue a professional accounting qualification.

Must be able to work onsite in Hammersmith office Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday and remotely on other days. The level and budget of this role are for someone with 0-1 year of experience. We offer a package to support pursuing an accountancy qualification.

Key responsibilities

• Billing: Raising of sales invoices on the SAP system; liaise closely with project teams to ensure prompt accurate billing
• Project administration: Maintain contracts through SAP; provide adequate Persuasive Evidence for revenue reporting; assist with final reconciliations of projects
• Develop into an expert user of our bespoke project accounting software, Procim
• Assist the Project Accounting Manager and other members of the Finance department with ad hoc projects

Requirements / qualifications

• Confident IT user, particularly with Excel
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proactive, positive attitude
• Ideally some finance experience (not essential)

If you’re organised, eager to learn, and excited about a future in finance, we’d love to hear from you.

Key working relationships

• Project managers and the finance team

Last, but not least, we believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Jack Morton and Genuine are equal opportunity employers; we strongly value diversity at our companies. We do not discriminate on race, religion, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Jack Morton and Genuine, as part of Interpublic Group (IPG), have been named to the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index (GEI), and Jack Morton has once again been designated a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Workplace Equality by the Human Rights Campaign in their Corporate Equality Index.

Accommodations

If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact us at [e-mail]. This email address is strictly for applicants who require special assistance accessing our employment website.

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