Job Description
Job Title: Finance Assistant
Location: Hemel Hempstead (Hybrid working)
Hours: 37.5 per week (Full-time or part-time options available)
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000 (Depending on experience)
About the company
We’re a strategic growth partner for ambitious consumer brands, providing strategic finance guidance with our Fractional CFO offering and finance support that is flexible and scalable, covering the day-to-day essentials. Our portfolio comprises consumer brands across various categories and stages of growth - from pre-revenue startups to scale-ups.
About the role
We are looking to expand our team with the addition of a Finance Assistant to support the continued growth of our portfolio of consumer brands. This role is for someone with experience in an FMCG or consumer brand and part-qualified or actively studying towards an AAT (or similar) qualification. We encourage further study and offer study support towards an accountancy qualification.
What you’ll be doing
* Maintaining timely and accurate accounting records across our portfolio of clients
* Entering sales and purchase orders
* Raising of sales invoices
* Sending out customer statements
* Effective credit control and aged debtor reporting
* Coding and posting supplier invoices
* Reconciling supplier statements
* Preparing supplier payment runs within agreed terms
* Perform multi-currency bank reconciliations
* Supporting the month end close process and balance sheet reconciliations
* Managing client ‘accounts’ email inboxes and handling customers and supplier communications and queries
* Ad-hoc finance/bookkeeping tasks as required
What we’re looking for
* Excellent attention to detail
* Problem solver and willingness to challenge the status quo
* Ability to prioritise and manage your own time in a fast-paced environment
* Highly organised and efficient to work across multiple clients to deadlines
* Excellent communication skills
* Comfortable working in a small but expanding team
Requirements
* 2+ years finance experience in a FMCG/consumer brand
* Part-qualified or actively studying AAT (or similar)
* Strong Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) and/or Google Apps (Sheets, Docs) skills
* Experience using accounting software and EDI
What we offer
* Competitive salary of £25,000 to £35,000 (dependent on experience)
* Study support for accountancy qualification
* Private healthcare
* 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Your birthday off
* Hybrid working (minimum 3 days in our Hemel Hempstead office)
* Full-time or part-time options available
***NO AGENCIES***