Finance Assistant

We are seeking a detail-oriented, analytical and proactive Finance Assistant to join our fast-paced Finance team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for helping ensure we product accurate and timely monthly management accounts, as well as assisting on any number of varied and challenging Finance tasks. This role requires a keen eye for detail, strong analytical skills, and a desire to build technical accounting skills in a dynamic environment.

Reporting to our Financial Controller, you will be responsible for:

• Helping ensure timely and accurate production of our monthly management accounts
• Performing bank reconciliations
• Invoice processing and payables management
• Helping maintain detailed cashflow forecasts
• Involvement in producing insightful MI and reporting on areas such as budget variance, performance against forecasting, cashflow and margin analysis
• Implement process improvements across all areas of the finance function — we always welcome new ideas, and if you find a better way of doing something, you’ll be encouraged to put it into practice
• Support with Year End Audit Process
• Other general accounting and ad hoc tasks

In an ideal world, you’d have ...

• 1-2 years hands-on experience in a finance department or accounting role
• Exposure to posting Month End journals and monthly management accounts
• Some kind of accounting qualification (likely part-qualified)
• High proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets, with a willingness to learn new systems as required
• Strong attention to detail
• Comfort working to tight deadlines

BUT ... more than anything else, we value horsepower, and hustle. What’ll make you stand out:

• The standard startup toolkit: initiative, energy, a high degree of comfort in an unstructured environment, and a willingness to work across a broad range of tasks
• A bias to action - a proven track record of getting things done, at high tempo
• A relentless drive to improve and optimise

You can expect:

• A competitive salary and annual bonus programme
• Study support towards gaining a relevant accounting qualification
• 25 days of holiday - and 1 additional day for each year of service
• Vitality health insurance
• 3% pension matching
• £500 annual learning and development budget
• 3&2 working week - work from home (or anywhere else) 2 day per week
• Regular team socials and events
• Perhaps the most generous 'trouser allowance' anywhere in the world*

*unproven, but highly likely