Job Description

Reporting to the Financial Controller the purpose of this role is to provide bookkeeping support for the team, which deals with all internal finances, including client billing, banking, payments, reconciliations, inter-company billing, VAT returns with an element of client accounting bookkeeping work. Also support is provided to Client Administrators for finance related matters.

Duties and responsibilities include:
Daily reconciliation of client fees accounts
– Daily recording of client monies accounts with monthly reconciliations,
– Advising administrators of monies received from their clients,
– Assisting with client billing,
– Loading exchange rates onto NAV,
– Posting creditor invoices,
– Paying creditor and inter-company invoices,
– Monitoring cash needed to meet payments,
– Internal bank transfers using EQ,
– Preparing VAT returns for checking,
– Assisting accountants with ad hoc tasks,
– Periodic cover for client accounting bookkeeping tasks,
– Periodic cover for client VAT returns,
– Petty cash and currency advances to staff,
– Analysing and posting staff expense claims,
– Balance sheet system reconciliations on NAV,
– Assisting with month end processes

Skills and experience required:
– Confidence in dealing with Management and colleagues,
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills,
– Attention to detail, strong organisational skills,
– Ability to manage own work and tight deadlines,
– Flexible attitude,
– Team player,
– Ability to work under own initiative,
– A bookkeeping qualification AAT, CAT, IAB or similar,
– At least 5 years’ experience of similar roles in a CSP/fiduciary environment,
– Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook,
– Good working knowledge of RBS EQ,
– NavOne knowledge would be an advantage.