Nicholas Howard are exited to be recruiting a permanent role for a Finance Assistant / Accounts Assistant to join a fast growing FinTech client based in Cambridge. The role will be a broad finance and accounts assistant role, best suited to a candidate at the early stages of their finance career (active AAT studier) looking for a rounded opportunity to work directly with the Head of Finance in a fast paced and varied position.
The role will be managing day-to-day financial transactions, preparing invoicing, reconciling accounts, raising purchase orders among a wide variety of other responsibilities. As with any role in finance, it requires strong attention to detail, analytical skills, strong excel skills, and an understanding of basic accounting principles.
What are we looking for?
We don't need all of this on day one, the role will provide a great platform for development and growth, but some previous commercial experience covering some of these areas will be required as a foundation:
- Direct report to the Head of finance
- Raise all purchase orders across the business and circulate weekly summary
- Deal with any supplier queries
- Maintain contracts database and ensure all contracts are renewed in a timely manner or notice given if necessary
- Summarise data from timesheets to feed back into the business on a weekly basis
- Prepare monthly customer invoices, collating data from various sources
- Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts, variance analysis and monthly accruals / prepayments for main business units and overall company
- Sending monthly reports to external parties
- Assist with the reconciliation of balance sheet accounts
- Assist with the external audit and tax and ensuring the process runs smoothly
- Assist with the Research and Development claim alongside the technical experts
- Fixed asset tagging and monitoring improvements
- Assist with the project office where necessary
- Assist with ISO audit tasks where necessary
Please apply with a CV in the first instance.