Role: Client Accountant
Sector: Creative Agency
Permanent: Hybrid – 2 days in the office Tuesday & Thursday
Location: Farringdon
Salary £32,000 – £35,000
Ref: VisionFR3216
VisionFR is delighted to be working with an exceptional creative consultancy who are looking for a commercially minded Client Accountant to join the growing Finance team.
They will be a key team player, and support the Finance team in meeting their financial objectives. Commercially minded with experience of business partnering with client owners, project accounting, billing, collecting & allocating cash and credit control.
Client Accountant Key Responsibilities:
- Reviewing and approving client setup in Salesforce, ensuring details (e.g. currency, contacts, address, terms, start/end date etc.) are consistent with the contract, and are updated when necessary;
- For a set of Client/Project owners:
- Organise and document billing schedules for each client
- Obtain POs and raise invoices each month for the group on a timely basis to minimise the accrued income balance
- Where clients have portals, invoices need to be uploaded and status monitored
- Liaise with owners on a regular basis to resolve queries, chase POs, confirm revenue recognition
- Credit control of clients
- Posting and allocating cash receipts, managing debtors, chasing for remittances where required
- Project reconciliations, e.g. Ensuring sales and costs amounts in salesforce agree back to customer/supplier invoices sent/received
- Investigating any issues and following up with the client
- Forecasting revenue by project in salesforce and paprika
- Company overview of debtors and accrued income tracking any updates;
- Company overview of billing and collections tracking any updates;
- Support the financial audit by ensuring project documentation is accurate and
- Complete and ensuring the correct revenue recognition;
- Monthly and ad-hoc reporting working with Salesforce, Paprika and the Resource
- Management System (Float);
Client Accountant Key Competencies:
- Experience with Salesforce and Paprika (not essential);
- Proficient on Excel – pivots, vlookups, sumifs etc.;
- An excellent can-do attitude and positive work ethic – hardworking and reliable;
- Proactive and adaptive to a fast-changing environment;
- Excellent attention to detail;
- A high level of accuracy and good time management skills;
- Excellent problem-solving skills;
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines;
- The ability to work independently as well as being a team player;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (written and verbal);
VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Client recruitment needs .
Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.
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