Overview
In this role you support the day-to-day financial operations within a growing SME, working closely with the Financial Controller. You’ll handle transactional finance, management accounts, cash flow, and controls, contributing to the evolution of the finance function. The position offers hybrid work, autonomy, and real influence on processes and reporting. This is a hands-on, collaborative opportunity to develop your career while studying towards professional qualifications.
Pay / Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Study support
- Hybrid work (1 day in office / 4 days WFH)
- Additional employee benefits
Responsibilities
- Manage purchase ledger and supplier invoices, payments, and queries
- Raise sales invoices and maintain sales ledger with reconciliations
- Collaborate with Commercial team on revenue share and billing schedules
- Prepare monthly management accounts including P&L and balance sheet reconciliations
- Post accruals, prepayments, and journals for month-end
- Monitor bank balances and support cash flow forecasting with weekly reports
- Assist with VAT returns, statutory accounts, and year-end audits
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and strengthen financial controls
- Perform ad hoc duties as required
Key requirements
- Currently studying towards AAT, ACCA or CIMA or QBE
- Experience in fast-paced SME or lean finance team
- Strong understanding of transactional finance, management accounts and month-end processes
- Strong Excel skills
- Confidence in using cloud-based accounting systems
- collaborative
- ownership
- proactive
- adaptable
- Excel
- cloud-based accounting systems
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