Job Description

About the company

My client, a City of London financial services firm focusing on servicing small medium enterprise clients, with offices in London, Hong Kong and Los Angeles have signed new business with fresh clients signing long terms deals. The Finance Director who leads a team of 6 in the London office is looking for a new Accounts Assistant to join their corporate office with full study support and the opportunity to gain lots of experience to the month end process. My client is looking for a graduate with 2+ year of experience in accounts post university.

What you will be doing?

Reporting into the Finance Director you will be working on:

• Manage Purchase and Sales Ledger for London office
• Processing and raising high valued invoices
• Allocating monies received (BACS/Cheques/Cash)
• Bank Reconciliation
• Accruals and Prepayments
• Shadowing the delivery of Forecasts, Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Statements

Essential skills/experience

• Accounting & Finance Degree (or similar)
• Experience using Sage 50 or Sage 200
• 2+ years’ Accounts Assistant experience
• Preparing payment runs
• Intermediate Excel skills (pivot tables & v-lookups)

Desirable skills/experience

• Financial services industry experience
• Currently studying AAT/ACCA/CIMA
• Reconciliation of bank accounts
• Exposure to management accounts

Benefits and perks

• Excellent pension scheme, 7% contribution
• Full study support
• Excellent location with local restaurants and cafes

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Accounting & Finance Degree (or similar) • Experience using Sage 50 or Sage 200 • 2+ years’ Accounts Assistant experience • Preparing payment runs • Intermediate Excel skills (pivot tables & v-lookups)