Accounts Receivable Assistant
- Recruiter
- Global Counsel
- Location
- London (City of), London (Greater) (GB)
- Salary
- Competitive, dependent on experience
- Posted
- 30 Nov 2022
- Closes
- 30 Dec 2022
- Job role
- Accounts payable/receivable
- Sector
- Management consultancy
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Experience level
- Part qualified, Newly qualified
Global Counsel is seeking a UK based finance assistant with predominant focus on Accounts Receivable to join its growing Finance Department.
The successful candidate will have similar experience within a growing multinational SME and be able to provide support to head office and wider team across multiple offices.
You will provide support and practical operational assistance to the Finance team as well as working very closely with department managers across the company.
You will oversee the traditional billing and credit control activities as well as handling and processing of the internal inbox for new engagements and ‘pricing’ related administrative activities.
Role and responsibilities:
- Working closely with the team to ensure all deadlines are met consistently. Reconciling monthly Revenue tracker with department managers, Finance team and finance system.
- Raising sales and recharge invoices and submitting them to client contacts.
- Fully in charge of the day-to-day operation of the credit control and debt collection.
- Preparing weekly debtors report and assisting with updating cashflow forecast.
- Daily bank and cash book reconciliation- debtor side.
- Assisting with relevant aspects of VAT Return and any queries that may arise.
- Conducting monthly balance sheet reconciliation of the relevant accounts.
- Intercompany reconciliations of balances for the group entities.
- Managing the day-to-day activities of the new ‘pricing process’ and maintaining records.
- Assisting finance team to embed the new engagement processes with senior members of staff.
- Assisting with ad hoc month-end duties as directed by the line manager.
- Fully in charge of the day-to-day client administration and contracts distribution as well as client onboarding procedures.
- Overseeing ledgers and ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and in a timely manner. Providing hands-on cover for others in the team whenever necessary including Accounts Payable duties.
Skills and profile:
- Minimum three years’ experiences within a similar role is essential.
- Experience of foreign currency transactions.
- Proven record of implementing new procedures in response to business growth.
- High level of accuracy and attention to details.
- Able to work on own initiative and collaboratively with a strong proactive approach.
- Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and be a team player.
- Capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of purchase orders and staff expenses system and excellent understanding of purchase analysis codes and double entries.
- Good command of Sage 50 or similar cloud-based packages is highly desirable.
- Degree level qualification and ACCA, CIMA (or equivalent) student is preferrable.
- Excellent written English and comfort in using core software to produce and present reports for management.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel & double entry bookkeeping is essential.
- Prior experience of working in a consultancy business is desirable but not essential.
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