Senior Finance Assistant

Jas Gujral; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An international shipping company is seeking a motivated Senior Finance Assistant based in London. This role requires over 5 years of experience in finance and encompasses various back office accounting tasks, taxation, and compliance with financial regulations in the UK and EU. Strong communication, numerical, and analytical skills are essential, along with proficiency in SAP and Excel. The salary is between £34K and £37K plus benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in finance or accounting departments.
• Comprehensive experience in treasury activities.
• Knowledge of cash management and banking processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounting, reporting, taxation, and auditing for the company.
• Support treasury-related duties including payments and foreign exchange management.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations in the UK and EU.

Skills

Accounting

Taxation

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

SAP

Excel

Word

Education

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Economics

Tools

SAP

Excel

Word

Job description

Senior Finance Assistant

Our Client is an international shipping company looking to recruit a Senior Finance Assistant with 5 plus years’ experience in Finance.

• Overall back office role for the Client, including but not limited to:
  • Accounting, Internal Reporting, Taxation, Auditing, Internal control/J-SOX
  • System maintenance and development
  • Other administrative works, especially to be compliant with financial regulations in EU and UK
• Similar to above jobs for finance activities of the company
  • Payment/Receipt related duties, including trade finance
  • Treasury/Foreign exchange assistance

Key Responsibilities

• All accounting, reporting, taxation, auditing, internal control/J-SOX for the Company
• Some treasury-related duties such as payment and receipt of money, settlement confirmation, interest and foreign exchange risk management
  • Supporting loan, deposit, FX related transactions for Company Offices and Group Companies.
  • Check terms and conditions of L/Cs for safe collection of export proceeds and payment of import trade contracts and arranging documentary collections.
  • Maintain and develop ECC, Internet Banking Platform and any other system related matter
  • Registration and maintaining of Company offices’ Customer Bank Information on SAP for payment.
  • Follow up to be compliant with financial regulations in UK and EU
  • Answering enquiries and provide advices from/to business departments and corporate departments of other Company offices and Group Companies.

Relationships

• Financial institutions
• Auditors, Tax consultants, Regulatory authorities, etc.
• Staff of EMEA office/branch, group companies, and Tokyo office.

Good verbal and written communication skills coupled with Numerical and analytical skills.

IT skills including Word, Excel, SAP

Knowledge of cash management, finance market and banking processes.

Accounting and Taxation

Comprehensive experience working in accounting or finance department of company, accounting firms, or financial institutions, specifically within treasury activities including cash management experience in the finance market area.

You will ideally have a degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Economics

The role will be based in the City London.

The salary for this position will be in the range £34K - £37K plus benefits.

Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.