Role: Finance Assistant (Purchase Ledger)
Sector: TV production Consultancy
Location: London
Hybrid: Mainly remote but need to be able to get to London when / if needed
Salary: £28,800 – £30,000
Ref: VFR 3255
Our Client is a global advertising agency working with the world’s top brands. We are supporting them in finding their next Finance Assistant. This role is responsible for managing all supplier costs entering the business, ensuring that all costs are accurately posted and that all relevant data is captured and verified. This is a fast-paced environment, so accuracy and speed are equally important.
Accounts Payable Responsibilities:
- Taking responsibility for all creditors and ensuring their accounts are 100% accurate at all times
- Setting up new suppliers
- Preparing payments and sending out remittances
- Obtaining relevant approvals and posting invoices
- Posting payments when they have cleared the bank
- Statement reconciliations to ensure everything on the ledgers is accurate
- Dealing with any supplier/invoice queries in a fast and efficient manner
- Build good relationships with your suppliers
- Bank Reconciliations
- Credit card reconciliations
- Expense claim management, obtain approvals and posting of expenses
- Meeting all deadlines for month-end.
Finance Operations
- Supporting Job maintenance within the finance system and process
- Supporting other team members’ roles when they are on holiday
- Keep a monthly track of time spent by ad hoc consultants
- Update monthly FX rates
- Manage centrally purchased subscriptions
- Support IT team with an occasional project and ensuring relevant issues are recorded and dealt with in a timely manner
- Support for new starters on the paprika software system
The Finance assistant should be :
- Commercially astute and good with numbers.
- A self-starter who is robust and has broad shoulders.
- Well educated with good A levels
- Comfortable with dealing with numerous people from different countries around the world
- Great attention to detail and agile
- Responsible and accountable for their own and others’ work.
- Have an interest in the marketing and advertising industry.
- Outstanding communicator with excellent English skills.
- Keen to work hard and grow within the team
- You will have worked within a creative agency for at least a year within the purchase ledger team
- You will have full working rights to work in the UK
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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