Finance Assistant

Job Title: Finance Assistant

Location: Central London, Hybrid

Salary: -32-35K, depending on experience and qualifications

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours a week

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Finance Assistant to take charge of key financial processes.

This is a pivotal supporting role with regular interaction across internal teams and external partners.

About You

Skills and Qualifications:

• Qualification in accounting or finance (AAT qualified or part-qualified in ICAEW, ACCA, AICPA, CIMA, ICB)
• Good working Knowledge of Xero

Key Competencies and experience:

• 3 years experience within bookkeeping or within a finance team
• Understanding of data privacy standards
• Be diligent and accurate in your work.
• Be adaptable and able to develop your skills in line with the company''s development.
• Proven Experience
• Ability to use own initiative

About the Role

Key responsibilities:

• Maintaining financial records
• Guarantee that all the financial records are correct and maintained up to date as often as possible:
• Sales Ledger
• Purchase Ledger
• Support with processing valuations
• Issue of Purchase Orders
• Bank Reconciliations
• Credit Cards Reconciliations
• Management of Expenses.
• Quarterly VAT Returns
• Monthly Journals
• Monthly Prepayments/Accruals/Depreciation
• Credit Control
• Supporting managing and coordinating monthly reporting and budgeting:
• Assist with Profit and Loss Variance analysis
• Assist with KPI analysis
• Assist with Preparing Monthly Management Accounts
• Maintaining Internal controls and improve processes

Elevate Standards:

Function within the principles of our core business standards as detailed below:

• Exceptional quality of service.
• Timely responses to meet the needs of our clients.
• Communicate - with our teams and with our clients/suppliers.
• Honest and open and engender complete trust

Health & Safety:

You will assist in promoting and maintaining your own and others'' health & safety and security as defined in the Elevate Everywhere Ltd Health & Safety Policy, to include, but not limited to:

• Acting on knowledge and sharing knowledge of health & safety potential risks to ensure that immediate and long-term risks are addressed.

Personal/Professional Development:

Elevate are committed to ensuring the personal and professional Development of our Teams.

• You will be required to undertake available training and research to enhance personal and professional development and actively seek development opportunities for your continued growth within the business.
• You will also demonstrate a commitment to personal and professional development and actively seek development opportunities for your continued growth within the business.
• You will also undertake any mandatory training as required and directed by Elevate Everywhere Ltd.

Quality:

You will:

• Alert other Team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess your own performance and take accountability for your own actions, either directly or under supervision.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the Team by reflecting on your own and Team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the Teams'' performance.
• Work effectively with individuals both within Elevate Everywhere Ltd and our Client groups to meet business needs.

Communication:

You will recognise the importance of effective communication within the business recognizing people''s needs for alternative methods of communication and responding accordingly.

Implementation of Services:

• You will apply high personal standards, policies, protocol and guidance within the business.
• You will discuss with other Team members, how standards, policies, protocol and guidance will affect your own and the workload of others within the business and react accordingly to improve service provision.

Additional Information

• Reporting to: Finance Manager
• You must work solely in the interests of Elevate Everywhere Limited and associated companies.

Please click the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Accounts Assistant, Junior Accountant, Financial Administrator, Accounts Payable Clerk, Accounts Receivable Clerk, Finance Clerk, Bookkeeper, Billing Specialist may also be considered for this role.