Finance Assistant - Richmond

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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

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