
Accounts Assistant London, England
Job description
Job Purpose:
Overview:
THE PLANNING SHOP, acquired by Omnicom, is a medium sized company with teams split between the Ealing office and the virtual office in North America. The organisation operates a highly flexible global business model which helps to ensure a high degree of client awareness internally and client services externally.
The company is an expert in ad-hoc market research, both qualitative and quantitative with particular expertise in brand-development research, and is solely active in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. We work extensively across all phases of the pharmaceutical lifecycle and have a particular strength in pre-launch and early phase market research.
The culture of the organisation is open, supportive and non-political with an ambition to be regarded as the best and most innovative. You will work with highly-motivated team members at all levels.
Key areas of Accountability and Responsibility:
- Management of finance mailboxes
- Raise client billings
- Manage client and supplier queries
- Help Working Capital team recover any late payments
- Perform ad-hoc duties as and when requested
- Ensure the smooth running of the Finance Department
- Adaptability
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Confidence
- Effective Communicator
- Multitasker
- Organisation skills
- Personal Accountability
- Problem Solver
- Team player
- Time Management & Prioritisation
- Flexibility
- Experience of working in a fast-paced and demanding environment
- Good Excel and administration skills
- Excellent numeracy and communications skills
- Good team worker with positive and can-do attitude
- Self-starter and confident worker whether in team or solo environment
- Experience of client billing
- Experience of navigating complex multi-level organisational structure
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