Assistant Accountant - Robert Half : Job Details

Robert Half are exclusively partnering with a well established venture capital firm based central London to recruit a patiently progressive accounts assistant to join their vibrant team.

Role:

Our client is looking to recruit a patiently progressive accounts assistant on a permanent basis, in their vibrant London office. In this role you will be responsible for the following duties:

Purchase Ledger

• Handle any supplier queries and ensure responses are sent promptly
• Process all purchase invoices in a timely manner, ensuring coding and approval of invoices is in accordance with company compliance and control policies and procedures
• Responsible for payment runs and ensure the supplier/creditor ledger is updated accordingly.
• Reconcile supplier statements to aged creditor reports within the accounting system and resolve any issues
• Maintain the archiving records of purchase ledger
• Administer the central finance email inboxes

Cashbook

• Process, maintain and ensure the accuracy of the bank account postings
• Reconcile all bank accounts daily
• Prepare weekly payment runs
• Review and reconcile corporate credit card statements with inputs from cardholders
• Manage employee expense payment process
• Review Company credit card statements and upload for review by relevant card holder

Month End

• Raise and process sales invoices and carry out credit control activities
• Posting accounting journals
• Complete various month-end reconciliations

EIS Operational Finance

• Support in managing data and record keeping for over 3,000 EIS investors, ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Prepare payment instructions for investor distributions
• Investor withdrawal calculations
• Prepare transfer instructions
• Quarterly management fee billing and accruals
• Support quarterly onboarding of investors
• Administer quarterly payments to IFAs
• Support with 6-monthly reporting to investors
• Support with exit administration
• Assist ad hoc investor queries

Profile:

The successful candidate, will have at least 2+ months experience working within finance team as an accounts assistant for a reputable profressional services or financial services firm.

Client:

Our client is a Venture capital firm based in central London. You will be office based 3 days a week.

Salary & Benefits:

• £30,000 - £40,000
• Attractive bonus scheme - up to 50% discretionary
• Share options
• 15% Employer pension contribution
• Income Protection up to 75% of your basic salary
• Group Life Assurance equal to 15 times your base salary
• 30 Days Holiday
• Private Health Cover
• Nuffield Annual Health Screening
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Critical Illness Cover
• Vision Care
• Travel Insurance
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Travel season ticket loan

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