Finance Assistant Clerkenwell, England
Job description
Plan A Consultants Ltd
Finance Assistant
Who we are:
Plan A is a specialist Design Management consultancy based in London. We provide Design Management services to support and guide many of the world’s best Architects and Designers through the design stages of a project. These include BIG, Zaha Hadid Architects, Snøhetta and Adjaye Associates.
Our company is built around an ethos of forming close working relationships and having a mutual understanding of how design happens. We are proud to be known as the best in our field, reinforced by recently winning Building Magazine’s, Consultant of the Year for the second time.
With a team of over 50 people in London and South Africa, we actively encourage our team members to be directly involved in shaping the business and its culture. Whether this is their own careers (a structured career route and budget set aside for learning), or simply the ability to shape our direction and how we are organised.
About the Role:
The Finance Assistant will support the Finance Manager to maintain and improve the day-to-day running of the company’s finances, helping to drive the business forward. The role will involve data entry, inputting and processing financial transactions and being agile to support the Operations team with administrative tasks where required.
You will have strong organisational skills, integrity, excellent mathematical skills and be detail oriented.
With plans of growth over the next couple of years you will also be an integral part of operational development.
This is a full-time position, working 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday in our Clerkenwell studio.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Support the Finance Manager with the company’s day-to-day financial matters
- Update financial spreadsheets with daily transactions
- Processing purchase invoices, checking for anomalies, ensuring supplier invoices are saved on the system and sent to the Bookkeeper
- Prepare and send invoices to our clients, ensuring expenses are charged back to the Client
- Assist with chasing Clients for overdue invoices
- Support in the preparation of fee proposals
- Process staff expenses, ready for approval by the Finance Manager
- Basic bookkeeping duties to keep track of incoming and outgoing payments
- Assist with office purchasing, including office supplies and IT equipment
- Support with financial admin in relation to travel arrangements for the team
- Supporting the Finance Manager to update the Resource Plan
- Ensure that the Asset Register and Contracts spreadsheet is kept up to date
- Carry out financial administrative projects for new initiatives
Who you are:
1. MS Excel skills (creating spreadsheets and using financial functions)
2. Determined, proactive, accurate and hands-on
3. Attention to detail, with an ability to spot numerical errors
4. Highly organised and thorough
5. A quick learner and willing to develop new skills and show initiative
6. Personable and reliable
7. Completed at a minimum 5 GCSE’s grade A-C
No previous experience is needed for this role. Our ideal candidate will have a proficiency for numbers and want to grow with us!
What we offer:
Along with a competitive salary and working with a fun and close-knit team with opportunities for learning, development and career advancement, we offer:
- 25 days holidays (exclusive of bank holidays)
- Additional holiday for birthday
- Length of service rewards
- Healthcare & Pension scheme
- Group life insurance
- Socials throughout the year and study trips
- Ability to buy additional leave
- Mobile phone
- Subsidised gym membership
- Season ticket loan
- Strong and supportive team environment
How to apply:
Please submit your cover letter (specific to Plan A) and resume to: [email protected] submit your application through our Careers page on our website.
Plan A recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Up to £25,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Please list your highest level of education:
- How many years of experience do you have in a Finance-related role? Please note, no experience is necessary.
- We work in-office Monday to Friday in our Clerkenwell Studio. Please confirm if this is amenable to you.
Work Location: In person
