Finance Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Harcourt Matthews Ltd

Harcourt Matthews Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Finance Assistant - 12 Month FTC

Consulting & Professional Services, London EC2 with hybrid working

£26,000 - £30,000 pro rata+ benefits

The Company
A Finance Assistant is sought by a leading consulting firm operating in the UK and US.

This ambitious business itself an autonomous operating unit of one of the worlds largest and most recognizable professional services groups, provides professional niche consultingservices to a range of global blue-chip clients.

As a result of 25% Y-o-Y growth over the past few years, the group seeks a Finance Assistant supporting the Financial Controller in the provision of payroll related data.

The position will start as a 12-monthfixed term contract as is expected to become permanent in that time.

Key Responsibilities of the Finance Assistant

Preparing UK (monthly) and US (fortnightly) payroll
Completing all the payroll related balance sheet recs
Managing the fixed asset register and posting the month end journals
Managing the temp accrual and posting the month end journals
Posting weekly journals to post timesheets against engagements

Skills & Attributes of the Finance Assistant

Partqualified accountant (ACCA / CIMA / AAT)
Minimum of 6 months experience in an accounting function
Experience of using Excel ideally with exposure to pivot tables or vlookups
Strong task management skills and the ability to see tasks through to completion
Attention to detail is critical with the ability and motivation to get tasks done "right first time"
Ability to build rapport quickly with stakeholders at senior level
Desire to develop with the business and take on additional responsibilities

Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

Our divisions include:

Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting& Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.