Invoicing & Accounts Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Air One Aviation Ltd

Description

• Forming an effective link between finance and other business departments
• Assisting the Financial Controller in systems and financial/admin process creation, implementation, review and improvement
• Taking ownership of accuracy and completeness of financial data entry
• Data entry within Salesforce (commercial sales software) for sales invoice creation
• Utilisation of Xero for sales ledger reporting
• Interaction with the Commercial team in relation to resolving invoicing requirements and updates
• General monitoring and tidiness of AR ledgers to include resolution of identified issues
• Providing support to the purchase ledger function when workloads dictate
• Assist as part of the finance team in the preparation of the monthly management accounts
• Assist as part of the finance team with yearend audit and tax work
• Aid in general accounting and reporting
• Ensure and monitor compliance with internal controls
• Assist as part of the finance team in budgeting and forecasting exercises
• Contributing to ad hoc reporting, project work and sales/cost analysis and reviews

• Practical experience of Xero accounting software desirable. Experience on additional financial packages is a benefit
• Exposure to multicurrency operating environment desirable
• Minimum of 2 years' experience of working within a Finance department
• Working knowledge of Excel
• Ability to accurately work on own initiative
• Ability to clearly communicate at all levels
• Excellent planning and organisation skills with the ability to deliver on time
• Comfortable working in a small team

• Team Focused
• Customer Focused
• Ability to influence and persuade
• Excellent communication skills
• Willingness to learn new skills and expand the job role

The role holder will be expected to have a flexible approach and be willing to work additional hours sometimes at weekends particularly when year-end accounts are required to be completed.