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.




