Finance Assistant London, England
Job description
About Salary Finance
Working with employers, we provide a financial wellbeing platform as an employee benefit, helping employees to understand their money better, get out of debt faster and save for their future. We already have a reach of over 4,000,000 employees through our relationships with over 600 of the biggest companies in the UK.
By improving employee financial wellbeing, we have a very real and meaningful impact on people's lives. We remove the stress and worry associated with financial difficulties by dramatically reducing the interest rates employees pay on their personal debt, and provide them with the tools needed to start saving sooner and be more financially secure. We are backed by some of the biggest brands, including investments from Blenheim Chalcot (the UK's leading venture builder), Legal and General (the FTSE 100 insurer and asset manager), Experian and Goldman Sacs, and funding partnerships with JP Morgan and Virgin Money.
Launched in 2015, we have made excellent progress, and are scaling fast. We are named BITC's Responsible Business of Year 2018, included in KPMG's Global Fintech 100, listed top of the Forbes' list of socially-responsible startups, and profiled by the Financial Times, the Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Telegraph, CityAM and the Institute of Directors.
Your role in our mission
We are looking for an exceptional Finance Assistant to join our Finance and People team. Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will assist in performing day to day finance processing tasks such as process invoices, book journals, perform monthly reconciliations and set up payruns. There's plenty of opportunity for development and you will get great exposure working with stakeholders internally and externally.
Who you are
We embrace our differences but there's one thing we like to share our values, so it's important to us you are:
- fearless, and able to make the impossible possible.
- responsible, and want to help build a business that delivers a meaningful difference to society.
- dedicated and want to commit to an exciting journey even through the highs and lows.
- empathetic and truly care about every colleague and customer.
- united, because you understand we achieve more when we work as a team.
- humble, and take feedback as a way to continuously improve.
The essentials
- You are passionate about technology and social impact, and want to help grow a business that delivers a meaningful difference to society.
- You have an analytical mind with a can-do, problem solving aptitude.
- You are eager to learn in a high growth environment. - you will thrive if you are a self-motivated, fast-paced, action oriented, "roll your sleeves up and get-things-done" sort of person who wants to work in a small team where everyone makes a difference.
- You are calm under pressure, can handle changing priorities and are an excellent communicator.
Experience required
- Degree education or equivalent
- Are studying towards becoming a qualified accountant
- Have prior experience working in a finance department (not essential)
Business Skills
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
- Ability to work under pressure and adhere to deadlines.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Positive can-do attitude.
- Are highly motivated to build a career in finance.
What you'll do
- Manage the Finance Email Inbox for invoices, supplier statements, queries.
- Post invoices into Xero (our General Ledger System), ensuring correct cost and project coding.
- Learn and apply the correct VAT treatment to invoices.
- Reconcile supplier and customer statements, dealing with all queries.
- Perform bank reconciliations.
- Prepare pay-run files ensuring all payments have been approved.
- Support accruals and prepayment preparation.
- Check expenses claims to receipts and against travel policy.
- Assist with the monthly reconciliation of control accounts.
- Ad hoc tasks if required to support other members of the Accounting Department at month-end.
What's in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- Company bonus scheme
- Regular company socials
- Fast-growing environment
- Career development – no two days will be the same Generous company benefits including an industry-leading work-from-anywhere policy, pension scheme, health and life assurance, 25 days holiday, an extra day off on your birthday, subsidised onsite cafe, complimentary fresh fruit, cycle to work scheme, gym discount (with PMI), childcare benefits, flexible working and many other perks!
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We're looking for people that will get stuck in and make a difference. We have a great collaborative, entrepreneurial team that are passionate about what they do. If you want to join a team that is changing people's lives for the better then we'd love to hear from you.
Learn more at salaryfinance.com
Salary Finance is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where all employees and applicants can flourish.
