An international bank in London is looking to hire an Assistant Accountant who will CFO across a broad range of finance activities, with a particular focus on accounts payable, reconciliations, expense control, fixed assets, VAT support and financial reporting.
This is a strong opportunity for someone with solid accounts payable or junior finance experience who is looking to broaden their exposure within a well-structured finance environment.
Responsibilities
- Support the CFO / Head of Finance & Accounting in the day-to-day running of the finance function
- Maintain accurate accounting records and ensure strong financial controls are in place
- Prepare daily controls and reconciliations of the trial balance, highlighting any issues for investigation
- Review daily nostro positions and follow up on outstanding items with Operations
- Review employee expense claims, invoice authorisations and departmental cost allocations before payment
- Maintain filing and archiving systems for finance documentation
- Reconcile fixed asset balances and depreciation movements to the trial balance
- Reconcile accrued and prepaid expenses within the accounts payable system
- Reconcile the administrative expenses bank account and help forecast monthly funding requirements
- Prepare monthly and quarterly expense reports, including commentary on key variances
- Support VAT record keeping and assist with periodic HMRC returns
- Produce schedules and analysis to support budgeting and reforecasting
- Respond to ad hoc finance queries and information requests from senior management and auditors
Skills / Experience Required
- Around 3+ years’ experience in a finance, accounts payable or finance assistant position
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline preferred
- AAT, ACCA or equivalent qualified or part-qualified
- Good working knowledge of accounts payable processes and procedures
- Experience using finance systems such as SAP, Sage or Xero
- Fluent Mandarin