Temporary Finance Assistant

Accountancy Action; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1 day WFH per week

Job summary

Accountancy Action is recruiting a Temporary Finance Assistant for an initial 2 month period in Central London for a luxury hotel business. Successful candidates will have Finance/Accounts Assistant experience and ideally be available to start immediately, with hotel or hospitality experience being essential.

The role covers AP/AR, revenue auditing, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting. Flexible working hours and 1 day per week from home are available.

Qualifications

• Prior Finance/Accounts Assistant experience required.
• Hotel or Hospitality experience essential.
• Available to start immediately preferred.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices with correct coding and approvals.
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies.
• Assist with payment runs and maintain AP ageing.
• Support invoicing and collections where required.
• Assist with daily revenue checks and reconciliation of POS to PMS and accounting system.
• Contribute to month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support the preparation of monthly management accounts and maintain records.

Skills

Finance/Accounts experience

Hospitality experience

Tools

Mews PMS

Accounting software

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a Temporary Finance Assistant for an initial 2 month period.

Successful applicants will have previous Finance/ Accounts Assistant experience and will ideally be available to start immediately. Previous Hotel or Hospitality experience is essential.

The role is based in Central London, working for a luxury Hotel business.

Therolewillinclude:

AccountsPayable&Receivable

• Processsupplierinvoices,ensuringcorrectcodingandapprovals
• Reconcilesupplierstatementsandresolvediscrepancies
• AssistwithpaymentrunsandmaintainAPageing
• Supportinvoicingandcollectionswhererequired

Revenue&IncomeAuditSupport

• Assistwithdailyrevenuechecks
• ReconcilePOSsystemstoPMS(e.g.Mews)andaccountingsystem
• Investigateandresolvevariances

BalanceSheetReconciliations

• Assistwithreconciliationofkeybalancesheetaccounts
• Supportmonth-endcloseprocess

FinancialReporting

• Supportpreparationofmonthlymanagementaccounts
• Maintainaccuratefinancialrecordsanddocumentation

Control&Compliance

• Ensureadherencetointernalfinancialcontrolsandprocedures
• Supportauditrequests(internal/external)
• Maintainorganisedandaudit-readydocumentation

The working hours are very flexible and there is 1 day working from home per week.

Whilst this is initially a temporary opportunity for 2 months, there is a possibility that the position could be made permanent.