Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant, Central London, Media, £28k + Study Support

A fast-growing creative agency are looking for a curious, seriously organised Finance Assistant to join their team! You will be proactive and thrive in a supportive but challenging environment. Commercial acumen is a must! Reporting into the Finance Manager and Head of Commercial you will maintain the smooth, efficient and productive running of the agency financial processes.

About the role:

• Processing, tracking and monitoring of client purchase orders and invoicing

• Monitoring and reporting of the ‘forecast and invoicing’ targets

• Attending the weekly billings meeting with the client service team

• Managing credit control and the issuance of client statements

• Preparing and sending the weekly finance update to the senior team

• Processing, tracking and monitoring agency, client services and studio expenditure

• Ensuring all paperwork is audit compliant

• Collating and processing credit card expenditure

• Monitoring and reconciling petty cash

• Ensuring all expenditure is input and allocated correctly within our project management system and Sage

• Posting expense accruals and prepayments

• Recording income accruals and deferrals

• Maintaining the accuracy of the fixed asset register

• Conducting intercompany, balance sheet and bank reconciliations

• Reviewing and maintaining the P&L

• Posting all journals

• Preparing management accounts

About you:

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to work in a team

• Ability to form internal and external relationships

• Ability to work in a frenetic environment

• Ability to multi-task reactively

• Excellent organisational skills

• Exceptional attention to detail

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