Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Jacquard

London, England, United Kingdom

2 hours ago

No application

About

  • We’re looking for strong attention to detail and the ability to
  • help drive our day to day accounting transactions and back office
  • activities. You will have the ability to understand international business
  • transactions and a working knowledge of commercial documentation,
  • such as invoices, contracts, and supplier agreements.
  • The ideal candidate will be a part qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA,
  • CA) with 2-3 years of experience within a high tech, preferably SaaS
  • environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • ● Be a key contributor to the month end close process, preparing and
  • overseeing monthly journals and being responsible for
  • management accounts preparation including cash flow, profit and
  • loss and balance sheet.
  • ● Produce invoices in our accounting system Xero and monthly
  • maintenance of invoicing.
  • ● Taking ownership of (financial) administration, including creditor
  • management, debtor management and invoicing ledgers.
  • ● Monthly bank reconciliations and credit card
  • statement reconciliations.
  • ● Ensure that financial and accounting records controls are
  • maintained which accurately reflect all the income and expenditure
  • of the company in accordance with the company plan.
  • ● Assist with intercompany accounting and reconciliations.
  • ● Maintain fixed asset registers.
  • ● Process payments, income and receipts and entering data into our
  • accounting software Xero.
  • ● Reconcile vendor invoices and tracking bank account balances.
  • ● Managing employee expense claims and record in Xero.
  • ● Act as the first point of contact for with the external audit team
  • during out annual audit.
  • This roles purpose is to support the Finance Director by owning day-to-day accounting

operations and core financial controls. The high level responsibilities are

  • ● Timely, accurate month-end close
  • ● High-quality management accounts and reconciliations
  • ● Strong financial hygiene across AR, AP, and cash.
  • Outcome: Improve data quality and financial control while freeing senior
  • finance capacity for decision support, forecasting, and stakeholder work.

The workload split into percentages

40% Month-end close & management accounts

  • ● Prepare and post journals
  • ● Produce monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet,
  • cashflow)
  • ● Own balance sheet reconciliations and variance follow-ups

25% Transaction processing & controls

  • ● Daily processing of incoming transactions, invoicing in Xero
  • ● Bank and credit card reconciliations

15% Financial administration

  • ● Creditor and debtor management
  • ● Fixed asset register maintenance
  • ● Intercompany accounting and reconciliations

10% Audit & compliance support

  • ● First point of contact for external auditors
  • ● Maintain clean audit trails and supporting documentation

10% Systems & process improvement & automation

  • ● Maintain data integrity in Xero
  • ● Improve efficiency and consistency of finance processes
  • ● Automate routine and repetitive work

What success looks like in the first 3-6 months

  • ● Month-end close completed on time and without rework
  • ● Reduction in unreconciled balance sheet items
  • ● Clean AR/AP ledgers with improved cash visibility
  • ● Smooth annual audit with minimal senior finance intervention
  • ● Confidence in management accounts used for decision-making

Required skills

  • ● Part-qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
  • ● Strong working knowledge of Xero
  • ● Month-end close and management accounts preparation
  • ● Bank, balance sheet, and intercompany reconciliations
  • ● Understanding of SaaS / technology business models
  • ● Working knowledge of invoices, contracts, and supplier
  • agreements.
  • This role may interact with external accountants, auditors, and suppliers as
  • required.
  • Compensation: £40,000 - £50,000
  • Role type Permanent: Full time
  • Desired start date: 1-Mar-2025
  • ● Attention to detail - high accuracy and low error tolerance
  • ● Ownership mindset - takes responsibility for outputs end-to-end
  • ● Execution discipline - delivers reliably to deadlines
  • ● Clear communication - effective with finance and non-finance
  • stakeholders
  • ● Continuous improvement - proactively tightens processes and
  • controls
  • 🏖 - Flexible leave + 8 Bank Holidays
  • 📈 - Exit Based Incentive Plan
  • 💰– Pension (UK)the Company pay 3% and employee pays 5%
  • ‍⚕️- Health Insurance / BUPA
  • 💉 - Annual flu jab / Eye tests
  • 🐣 - Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  • ⭐️ - EAP
  • 💵 - Competitive commission (Sales Team)
  • 🍾- Anniversary – 3/5/10 years recognition
  • 🧠 - Access to Learning Management System – Talent LMS
  • 📚 - Learning and Development budget
  • 🚀 - Recognition – Annual Awards
  • 💃 - A fun, friendly, and comfortable remote working environment
  • 🌈 - A culture of autonomy, inclusivity and high-energy.