Finance Assistant

We are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Finance Assistant to join theTelecoms finance team with one of our clients in the Infrastructure and Utilities space. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accurate allocation of costs and recharges between legal entities and specific projects, enabling precise project cost reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cost Allocation:Ensure timely and accurate allocation of salaries and other costs to projects.
• Inter-Entity Recharges:Allocate and recharge costs between legal entities within the business.
• Financial Management:Manage prepayments, post month-end journals, and maintain fixed asset registers.
• Banking Transactions:Assist in resolving queries related to banking transactions.
• Intercompany Transactions:Raise monthly recharge entities and reconcile intercompany balances.
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations:Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Cost Review:Review overhead costs against budget, investigate variances, and explain them in month-end results.
• Central Functions Support:Answer queries from central functions, including cost coding and reporting.
• Audit and Tax Support:Assist with audit and tax queries.
• Budget Preparation:Provide support in preparing budgets.
• General Finance Duties:Support day-to-day finance duties within the department.

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience in a similar role.
• Skills:Excellent communication, numerical, and computer literacy skills, with experience in using spreadsheets for financial data.
• Attributes:Self-motivated, detail-oriented, with good time management and organizational skills.
• Interpersonal Skills:Ability to build strong working relationships within the business.
• Studying towards ACCA/CIMA Qualifications.