Finance Assistant

A Finance Assistant role for a football club in London. This role is responsible for maintaining the accounts payable and receivable ledgers.

Client Details

My client is a football club based in London.

Description

The key responsibilities of this Finance Assistant position include:

• Maintain, prepare and post customer invoices and credit/debit memos ensuring careful accuracy and precision.
• Reconcile payments received with issued invoices, bank and general ledger.
• Ensure all account balances are paid and debts are resolved in a timely manner by contacting delinquent customers via phone and email to secure payment.
• Monthly accounts receivable control account reconciliation.
• Preparation of monthly bad debt provision for review by the Management Accountant.
• Manage the daily cash reporting process ensuring that all bank accounts are reported in an accurate and timely manner and that reconciling items are followed up and resolved.
• Reconcile the daily cash, card and cheque takings and banking's for the business.
• Validate all supplier invoices for appropriate documentation, coding and approval prior to payment.
• Manage supplier invoices in accordance with company payment terms and invoice due dates.
• Input and upload supplier payment batches and management of fortnightly payment runs.
• Monthly supplier statement reconciliations for the largest supplier accounts.
• Monthly accounts payable control account reconciliation.
• Assisting the management accountant with month-end and year-end processes, including provision of information to auditors.

Profile

The successful candidate will display the following:

• Experience using of working in a finance department is essential
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience working with an accounting system, Sage 50 would be advantageous
• Trustworthy, conscientious and reliable individual
• Ability to work on deadlines and manage your own workload
• Desire to pursue an accounting qualification

Job Offer

This role offers the chance to joing a growing team at a football club in a position that offers study support.