Junior Finance Executive

Junior Finance Executive

Permanent, full time

About Panterra

Panterra is a global strategic advisory firm with offices in London, Brussels, San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, and Abu Dhabi. We deliver analysis, counsel, and impact. We advise corporations, individuals, and governments on a wide range of complex communication issues, usually at the nexus of the political, business, and media worlds. In all our work we are guided by our core values of honesty, integrity, ambition and accountability. We are a company which participates in – and positively impacts – the great debates of our age.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join us as a Junior Finance Executive in our London office. The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of core financial services as part of a commercially focused Business Support team, assisting on both the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable functions.  

Key Tasks:

Accounts Receivable 

• Ownership of billing, including coordinating the process across internal project teams and client organizations


• Actively review Master Client Trackers and Monday Board to ensure completeness of billing


• Maintain client invoicing portals


• Credit control and timely follow up with clients in line with agreed escalation processes


• Preparation and analysis of aged debtors including internal reporting for review by senior finance team members


• Booking of client receipts in Paprika on a weekly basis ensuring accuracy and completeness.


• Working with senior finance team members to record Accrued/Deferred Income as well as Advanced Billing


• Review of WIP and booking of releases in Paprika when appropriate


• Billing intercompany recharges

Banking 

• Preparing weekly payment runs


• Uploading payments on bank portals


• Bank reconciliations 


• Foreign currency / petty cash management 

Accounts Payable 

• Ownership of accounts payable, including contacting suppliers when documents are required for invoice approval and payments. 


• Upload of invoices in Payhawk, including coordinating the process across internal project teams to ensure correct budget allocation


• Review of approved invoices in Payhawk on a daily basis


• Upload of supplier invoices in Paprika


• Booking of payments in Paprika on a weekly basis


• Keep record of priority payments for weekly payment runs preparation


• Reconciliation of supplier accounts on a weekly basis, including assessment of missing/duplicate invoices.


• Reconciling Payhawk and Credit Card Statements on a monthly basis

Controls and Compliance

• Ensure all financial transactions are processed in line with internal policies and approval controls


• Maintain accurate records and supporting documentation for all billing, payments, and reconciliations


• Ensure clear audit trails are retained across finance systems


• Support internal and external audit requests as required


• Proactively identify discrepancies, errors, or control issues and escalate appropriately

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with internal project teams to support timely billing, invoice approval, and budget allocation


• Act as a day-to-day finance point of contact for non-finance colleagues on operational queries


• Liaise with clients and suppliers professionally to resolve billing and payment queries


• Coordinate with senior finance team members to ensure accurate and timely financial outputs

Skills and Experience

• Four years previous experience in a finance, accounting, or operational finance role


• Strong attention to detail with a high level of accuracy


• Comfortable working with deadlines and managing a high volume of transactions


• Confident communicator, able to work effectively with non-finance stakeholders


• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks independently


• Proactive approach to identifying issues and following them through to resolution


• Experience using Paprika (ideal)


• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with financial data


• Ability to work across multiple systems simultaneously while maintaining data integrity


• Willingness and ability to learn new tools and processes quickly


• High standard of system discipline to ensure accuracy and completeness of records

What We Offer

Panterra offers a generous compensation package which includes competitive remuneration, discretionary bonuses, a companywide profit-sharing scheme, a pension scheme, fully-funded medical benefits, and 25 days holiday per annum, increasing with long service. We operate a hybrid working policy and are proud to offer enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.

We are a dynamic, diverse, and fast-growing company which believes in supporting our team members both professionally and personally. Panterra has a friendly, non-hierarchical company culture with regular social events and a flexible working environment. We actively encourage employees to travel between our different offices and spend time getting to know colleagues in each country, as well as the cultures within which they operate.

Moreover, we give all our employees a high degree of autonomy and responsibility early on in their careers, accelerating their progression to the benefit of both the individual and the company. This is especially important because the pace of the work is often fast, in line with the critical issues and events we are involved in. We are a privately-owned family business, and our strength is in our people. 

To Apply

To apply for this position, you will be required to submit your CV and Cover Letter introducing yourself, and outlining your interest in this position. Please also highlight any relevant qualifications and/or experience, and why these make you suitable for the role.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to respond to all applicants.

We value diversity and aim for our workforce to be representative of all sections of society. Our recruitment process is competency based and no applicant will be discriminated against regardless of their age, colour, disability, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity.