Accounts Assistant-Sports & Events

Role:Accounts Assistant

Benefits: Competitive package including: 25 days holiday, pension, annual bonus scheme, hybrid working (min. 3 days in the office), health insurance, employee assistance programme, in office social events

Salary: £28,000 - £34,000 depending on experience + Study Support

Person Specification- Finance graduate with minimum of 18 months -3 years accounting experience

We have teamed up with a business that produces over 60 events a year in the UK and abroad - conferences, gala dinners, live entertainment, awards ceremonies, videos, high end hospitality, sponsorship activation and experiential activities. We handle the production and logistics of events from conception to delivery.

The Role:

Working in a finance team of four, this is a varied Accounts Assistant role in which you will undertake duties across end to end Transnational Finance including:

• processing supplier invoices and matching to the PO System
• preparing the payment runs
• raising sales invoices
• Credit Control and Supplier Statement Reconciliations
• supporting month end - processing journals and reconciliation to trial balance
• expenditure analysis
• balance sheet reconciliation (accruals, prepayments)
• multi currency bank reconciliations
• Run Forex adjustments across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and GLs
• Posting of inter-company recharges across the Group
• processing staff expenses
• Maintain Fixed Asset register and prepare depreciation journals.
• assisting with year end
• assisting in Project Maintenance and helping the wider team with budget management
• other ad hoc tasks as required

Person specification:

To be considered for this role you will have had around 2 years' experience in a similar Accounts Assistant/Bookkeeper role and be actively studying towards AAT/ACCA/CIMA or similar qualification. You will be comfortable with transactional finance and will have had some exposure to month-end.

The key skills required are:

• Sage experience is essential and proficient on Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of Procim highly desirable, although training will be provided. Experience of using any other Project Management / Budgeting Tool and PO system is preferable
• High level of attention to detail and ability to find errors
• Willing to challenge and make positive changes
• Articulate with strong communication skills as this role will require you to liaise with senior members of staff on a regular basis alongside your day to day finance responsibilities
• Ability to hit the ground running and work unsupervised
• Be able to work under pressure and manage changing deadlines
• Be enthusiastic, self-motivated and be able to work in a small but very fast paced and dynamic environment
• Passion and drive to learn and complete studies

Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.