Role: Finance Assistant
Sector: Design / Branding Agency
Location: City of London - Hybrid 3 days in the office
Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 + Study Support
Reporting to: Head of Finance
Reference: VisionFR 3082
VisionFR are delighted to be acting on behalf of a growing creative business. You'll be working across 2 small design / branding agencies part of a group entity supporting the Head of Finance.
Finance Assistant Key Responsibilities
Accounts Payable
- Manage payables ledger, post invoices and reconcile creditor accounts
- Post and reconcile bank transactions
- Process payments from company bank accounts
- Process employee expense claims, including payment runs, and act as the main point of contact for expenses advice.
- Assist with the set up of new suppliers
- Daily cash reporting
- Assist with the preparation of some monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Preparation of supplier payment runs
Accounts Receivable
- Draft, edit and finalise invoices for clients, working closely with Account Leads
- Maintain trackers for overall accounts including amount billed, approved budgets, inter-company budget allocations and year to date fees and expenses.
- Ensure that invoices are submitted in a timely manner and in accordance with the Client agreements.
- Upload invoices to client portals as required.
- Assist in the collection process as needed.
- Assist Project Managers/Client leaders on client queries and requests.
- Reconcile work in progress, accrued and deferred income.
- Monthly intercompany billing.
What success looks like
- Accurate financial reporting
- Meeting all reporting deadlines, both internal and external
- Positive feedback from internal stakeholders
Key Requirements for Junior Finance Assistant
- Eager to have a career in a creative industry within a finance role
- Proactive and a great problem solver
- Comfortable working to strict deadlines
- Enthusiastic, with can-do attitude
- At least, strong basic excel and other MS Office skills
- Strong organisational skills & a keen eye for detail
- Enjoys working in a fun, collaborative, and fast-paced environment
VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Client recruitment needs. Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.