Financial Accountant

An exciting opportunity has risen for a Part-Qualified Accountant to join our Finance team based out of the London office. This is a highly varied accounting role, supporting the finance team with their different requirements, demands and deadlines in a proactive manner. Specifically, the role will provide accounting support to two UK companies and their subsidiaries.

The ideal candidate must be studying a graduate qualification within finance and accounting, and have an excellent standard of written and spoken English along with MS Office skills. They will also need to be confident, organised, accurate and calm under pressure/deadlines. The successful candidate will need to be able to plan, prioritise, communicate and manage workload effectively under the guidance of the team

For this post in return, we will provide the successful candidate with the support and training to enable your personal development, and help attain crucial experience in a professional organisation. We will provide an environment where your intellectual and practical abilities are enhanced in a positive and challenging way.


Main Responsibilities:

- Working with a close and well established team of finance professionals, you will be responsible for assisting with a broad range of duties that include:
- Seeking appropriate approvals for all supplier invoices, and coding correctly to projects and chart of accounts
- Reviewing all staff expenses, ensuring all back-up and approvals are provided, and correctly coded to projects and chart of accounts
- Processing all supplier invoices and staff expenses in, and maintaining the integrity of the Accounts Payable balance
- Assisting team in creditor monitoring and dealing with local supplier queries regarding payments
- Ensuring that all invoices are received and paid in accordance with ICF GHK policies
- Recording and follow-up of supplier invoices
- Creating and transmitting all supplier payments through designated bank
- Processing all supplier payments
- Completion of monthly Bank and Petty Cash reconciliations
- Accounting for all accruals and prepayments
- Assisting finance team with yearend audit requirements
- Ad-hoc administrative and financial tasks

Skills and Requirements:

On a technical level you will be educated to at least degree level and are AAT Qualified, or ACCA/CIMA Part-Qualified, with 5+ years’ experience working in a professional corporate environment. Specifically, you will be fully conversant with:

- Working with ERP systems and ideally Costpoint, Maconomy, and Sage;
- Working in an international environment, liaising with overseas colleagues;
- Creating meaningful financial analysis and understanding;
- Play a key role in the monthly financial and management accounting processes;
- Complete reconciliations to ensure accounting records represent a true and fair view of the business;

Personal Qualities:

The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate the following strengths:

- Strong verbal, interpersonal, and written skills, with the ability to communicate across a wide range of professional groups.
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to organise, prioritise, and self-motivate with a high level of commitment and initiative.
- A team player with a ‘can-do attitude’, who is hard working and willing to learn.
- Flexible approach to the type/content of workload and hours of work.
- Organised, self-sufficient and tactful.
- Ability to work with all levels of internal staff, as well as outside clients and vendors.