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Role: Finance Assistant
Reports To: Finance Manager
Sector: PR and Comms Consultancy
Location: Farringdon - Hybrid 3 days in the office
Permanent: Temp to Perm ( 3 months initial Contract)
Salary: £30,000 - £34,000 (FTE)
- Ref: VisionFR3119
- VisionFR is looking for a Finance Assistant on a temporary assignment to join our client, a well-established PR and Comms Consultancy. You’d work in a close knit team of 3 in the finance team covering the day to day responsibilities and supporting the wider business.
- Job Purpose
- The agency is seeking a Finance Assistant to be responsible for accounts payable, billing and credit control. The role will provide support to the Finance Manager, and work closely with the finance team.
- Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Accounts Payable
- Processing payables invoices through to payment.
- Paying staff expenses
- Dealing with suppliers regarding payments.
- Cashbook
- Reconciling our HSBC bank accounts (GBP; USD; EUR)
- Posting cash
- Billing and Credit Control
- Ensuring timely and accurate billing to clients of retainers, projects, and disbursements.
- Maintaining a billing schedule to ensure all billing instructions are captured and correctly billed on to clients.
- Liaising with client facing teams to ensure you are provided with clear billing instructions/schedules and copies of contracts.
- Sending out monthly client debtor statements.
- Contacting clients by email or phone to ensure our invoices are paid on time.
- Liaising with the Finance Manager and CFO regarding collection issues.
- Working with client facing teams as required to help resolve billing or collection issues.
Other
- Preparing VAT returns
- Assisting the Finance Manager
- Other responsibilities that may come up that are appropriate to this role and this level.
Candidate Profile:
- An experienced finance assistant.
- Prior agency or professional services experience.
- Experience of working with overseas offices and billing and chasing foreign clients.
- Broad accounts system experience (Paprika system experience essential).
- Keen to work in a high growth, changing environment with the associated challenges.
- A pro-active attitude and someone who is happy to work with minimal supervision and is a good team member.
- IT literate, with competence in Excel.
- Good people and communication skills.
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.
