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Partnered with a Media Agency based in Hammersmith, we are searching for an Accounts Assistant on a temp to perm basis. This company partners with global brands and the team is looking for a proactive and detail-oriented individual to support finance operations across the business. Reporting directly to the Financial Controller EMEA, this role is vital in supporting both the financial controlling activities and commercial finance operations. We need someone available at short notice and someone who can work 3-4 days in the office.
The role:
- Accounts payable invoice processing and payments
- Balance sheet reconciliations for accruals and prepayments at month end
- Preparing bank payments across multiple accounts and currencies and subsequent accounting entries
- Maintaining currency tables which reconcile to bank accounts on a daily basis
- Preparing monthly bank reconciliations for 15-20 bank accounts
- Assist in banking-accounting software integration projects
- Completing quarterly VAT returns for submission to HMRC
- Review/approve expense reports in Concur as well as manual expense claims
- Process credit card expenses
- Reconcile pension contributions with payroll
- Run monthly fixed asset depreciation reports
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Must have some basic accounting qualifications (e.g., AAT or ACCA Applied Knowledge)
- Confident Excel user
- Must be comfortable working autonomously
- Ability to work at speed to process a sizeable amount of simple transactions
