Finance Assistant – FULLY OFFICE BASED

TITLE – FINANCE ASSISTANT
LOCATION – CITY OF LONDON – FULLY OFFICE BASED
SALARY – £28-35K

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to join a company that specialises in producing fast and powerful trading systems for the high frequency, high volume trader. They provide a complete trading system solution with an intuitive front end, comprehensive order and risk management, combined with industry leading performance. They deliver cutting edge trading capabilities to the professional trader. In
this role, you will be supporting the Financial Controller

Responsibilities

• * Reporting to the Financial Controller
• Working knowledge of Sage 50 Professional is advantageous
• Strong Excel and reconciliation skills
• Recording of purchase/sales invoices, receipts and payments
• Maintaining cashbooks in multiple currencies & bank reconciliations
• Inter-company reconciliations
• Knowledge of foreign exchange preferred
• Knowledge of VAT returns
• Accruals & prepayments
• Fixed assets register
• Management reports
• * Assisting with analysis and schedules for forecasting Corporation Tax
• Assisting with the preparation of the company statutory accounts
• Ad hoc duties (as required)

Person Specification:

• * AAT part or fully qualified (or equivalent qualification) preferred but not essential
• Well organised and methodical
• Willing to be part of a team and engage with others
• Confident self-starter, able to problem solve and use initiative
• Capable of planning for and balancing short and long term objectives
• Ability to manage competing priorities and multiple deadlines
• Strong communication skills *
• Relevant experience preferred – expected to be > 2-3 years
• Looking for a long-term position

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.