This is a great opportunity for an experienced Finance Administrator to join a rapidly growing start-up with a close-knit, supportive team. This role not only provides the chance to be part of an innovative company but also offers significant career growth and professional development.
Company Profile:
Our client specializes in designing and delivering a variety of corporate and business-focused events across the UK and internationally. Having worked across a range of sectors from large corporations to independent businesses our client's team creates highly personalized events to be remembered.
Using years of experience, their team coordinates events across a variety of corporate sectors. They specializes in creating memorable moments that fit ones business’ culture, values, and brand. Whether they are industry-specific events such as the Rendezvous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, MIPIM in Cannes, a Central London-based gala dinner, or a sustainable event set in the Surrey countryside; our events are created to inspire, unite, celebrate and ultimately represent you.
Overall purpose and responsibilities of the role:
As an Finance/Accounting Administrator, you will be responsible in managing accounts, cashflow, reconciliations, payroll, journal entries, VAT returns, forecasting, budgeting and invoices.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly management accounts
- Maintaining cashflow forecast
- Daily bank reconciliations and weekly reporting
- Raise payments for authorisation in line with credit supplier agreements
- Payroll – gather all employee information, raise payments, reconcile accounts and act as the point of contact for all payroll enquiries
- Manage monthly pension scheme uploads and processing.
- Balance sheet reconciliation and posting month-end journal entries
- Preparing, recording and where applicable communicating Supplier and customer statement reconciliations
- Prepare VAT returns for management approval ensuring timely submissions
- Develop KPI’s to track business performance
- Develop and maintain internal controls
- Support the annual accounts activity by our Accountants
- Complete any mandatory company returns
- Prepare margin analysis based on customer and project financials, with the ability to forecast to conclusion
- Assisting with the preparation of the annual company budget and quarterly updates as required
- Input sales and purchase invoices
- Reporting and business planning/scenarios and their financial implications
- Other ad-hoc activities which might be required from time to time
- Quick and accurate communication via WhatsApp - written and voice notes.
- 5+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting
- At least 3 years experience in the UK (but open to other international experiences)
- Relevant degree or master’s qualifications
- Sound analytical skills with good attention to detail
- Business fluent in English
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and self-management/responsible skills
- Ability to communicate with non-financial people to ensure a level of understanding
- A flexible, proactive and willing approach, comfortable working within a small team
- Project management skills to help develop our internal processes and systems to streamline the business
- An innovative and inquisitive mind to challenge and improve existing and new processes and controls
- Solutions-oriented and self-starter who can think on their feet
- Have a robust and personal initiative with the ability to take ownership of tasks
- Competent with email and Microsoft Excel
- Experience using accounting software (Xero)
- Experience of using expense software (Dext) – advantageous
- Experience in UK payroll and VAT experience - (advantageous)