Trainee Accounts Assistant, Finance - London London, England
Job description
Opportunity
The finance team in London includes both client invoicing and purchase ledger functions; this role will provide additional support for both, working closely with client handlers to ensure the timely invoicing of third-party costs to our clients as well as ensuring that supplier invoices are correctly approved, coded in the finance system and paid in accordance with our payment terms. This role will also be very hands on with staff expense claim reviews.
We will provide study support for the AAT exams.
Our work in Finance
The UK Finance team oversees all the financial responsibilities for the UK including, but not limited to, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Treasury, Month End Reporting, Statutory & Compliance and internal reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Thorough checks of staff expense claims to ensure coding and VAT treatment are correct and ensure completeness of supporting documentation
- Assistance with posting of supplier invoices
- Client invoicing for third party costs and disbursements
Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies
- Can demonstrate a good work ethic and appetite to learn
- Have excellent attention to detail
- Well organized, diligent and personable
- A curious mindset and a team player
Our Benefits
In addition to life assurance, group income protection, and employer pension contribution, we offer:
- Annual discretionary bonus
- 25 days' annual leave, excluding bank holidays (plus your Birthday off)
- Private medical cover and employee assistance programme
- Family-friendly policies
- Complimentary artisan coffee, tea and snacks, served by our own barista
- Daily breakfast in the café
- Lunch & Learn training sessions
- Cycle 2 work scheme and season ticket loans
- Flexible working, including support with your home working environment
- Eye care, including annual eye tests
- Regular social, cultural and charitable activities
- A comprehensive training and development curriculum
- Give as you Earn
- Menopause Policy
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Maintaining and strengthening a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace are pillars of Brunswick's culture and key to our future success. Valuing and supporting every colleague as an individual while helping them reach their full potential is critical to attracting and developing our greatest strength – our people. By embracing our differences and diverse perspectives we create richer experiences within our firm and enhance the quality of the ideas and advice that we deliver to our clients.
Brunswick is an equal opportunities employer and our Equal Opportunities Policy is available on request.
About Brunswick Group
Brunswick is a critical issues firm. We advise the world's leading companies on how to navigate the critical issues they face and engage with their critical stakeholders.
Our purpose is to help our clients play their role in the world more successfully. We help the leaders of the world's great value-creating organizations operate successfully across the increasingly complex and fast-changing arenas of finance, politics and society at large.
Brunswick is one firm globally, operating as a single profit centre. This allows us to respond seamlessly and effectively to clients' needs wherever they are in the world.
Background
Founded in London in 1987, Brunswick's global partnership has grown organically to 27 offices in 18 countries. We began as a M&A and financial communications firm and, over time, expanded our capabilities to provide expert advice to our clients on a range of business critical issues. We invested in new offices, sector teams and practice groups including investor engagement; shareholder activism; governance; regulatory and public affairs, including geopolitical; crisis; litigation; social issues including climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion; cybersecurity, data and privacy; employee engagement; digital communications; opinion research and analysis, and; creative services.
Our CEO is Neal Wolin, based in Washington, D.C. Our Chairman is Sir Alan Parker, based in London.
