Finance Assistant - London
Summary: Seeking a Finance Assistant for a part-time position on a 6-month contract within a consumer retail business in Central London. The role requires 2-3 days of work per week and candidates should have at least a few years of experience at the Finance Assistant level, particularly in Accounts Payable. Responsibilities include maintaining the purchase ledger, managing the Accounts Payable Mailbox, and processing supplier invoices. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical and soft skills relevant to finance operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsibility for maintaining and updating the purchase ledger
- Managing the Accounts Payable Mailbox and ensuring an exceptionally high level of service
- Processing supplier invoices
- Create POs and maintain the PO list
- Resolving issues relating to invoices, payments, and supplier statement reconciliations
- Support the finance team on ad hoc tasks or reconciliations
Key Skills:
- Previous experience in a similar Accounts Payable role is essential, ideally 2-3 years
- Proven ability to use financial tools & agility to learn new ones
- Experience in processing accurately and timely high volumes of transactions
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Package
- Strong Excel skills including VLOOKUP's and pivot tables (reconciliations)
- Strong outlook skills (management of Accounts payable mailbox)
- Proficiency in financial software's & systems like SAP, SAGE or M3
- Knowledge of accounting and VAT principles
- Rigor, high attention to detail & procedures
- Ability to deliver tasks in a consistent and timely manner
- Sense of initiative and curiosity
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to convey financial information clearly to all staff members
- Excellent time management skills
- Continuous improvement mentality
- Awareness of confidentiality and high level of professionalism
Salary (Rate): £33,000 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Finance Assistant - London (Part-time)
Seeking a Finance Assistant for a part-time position available on a 6-month contract within a consumer retail business based in Central London. You will be required to do 2-3 days per week and looking for at least a few years' experience at Finance Assistant level with an Accounts Payable background.
Scope:
- Responsibility for maintaining and updating the purchase ledger
- Managing the Accounts Payable Mailbox and ensuring an exceptionally high level of service
- Processing supplier invoices
- Create POs and maintain the PO list
- Resolving issues relating to invoices, payments, and supplier statement reconciliations
- Support the finance team on ad hoc tasks or reconciliations
Experience level:
- Previous experience in a similar Accounts Payable role is essential, ideally 2-3 years
- Proven ability to use financial tools & agility to learn new one
- Experience in processing accurately and timely high volumes of transactions
Technical skills:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Package
- Strong Excel skills including VLOOKUP's and pivot tables (reconciliations)
- Strong outlook skills (management of Accounts payable mailbox)
- Proficiency in financial software's & systems like SAP, SAGE or M3
- Knowledge of accounting and VAT principles
Soft skills:
- Rigor, high attention to detail & procedures
- Ability to deliver tasks in a consistent and timely manner
- Sense of initiative and curiosity
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to convey financial information clearly to all staff members
- Excellent time management skills
- Continuous improvement mentality
- Awareness of confidentiality and high level of professionalism
To be considered for the role, candidates must be available to start the role immediately.
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