Finance Assistant

Posted 08 October 2018
Salary £21000 - £24000 per annum + Study Support
Location
Job type Permanent
Discipline Accounting & Finance
ReferenceJT_FA_1539007410
Contact NameJonny Thoroughgood

Job description

KennedyPearce are currently recruiting a Finance Assistant on behalf of a UK legal professional services association based in London.

Job purpose:
This position is responsible for assisting with the invoicing and expenses operations. The individual is responsible for ensuring that the set policies and procedures are maintained by all stakeholders, with a view to maintaining robust working practices within the Financial Transactions team.

Key Accountabilities:
* Processing of all invoicing ensuring accuracy, timeliness and continuous improvement of workflows between teams, in line with departmental targets.

* Processing invoices from the invoicing trackers, maintaining accuracy, in accordance with departmental guidelines, continuously working toward month end targets.

* Collaborating and working with the wider teams to avoid duplication of invoicing.

* Promptly responding to invoicing and credit noting requests in accordance with service level agreements and KPIs, proactively resolving queries.

* Assisting with the management of the query mailboxes, regarding expenses, credit control, credit notes, direct debits, refunds and card payment queries.

* Assisting with the management of the new accounts tracker guaranteeing high performance when dealing with new account requests, ensuring entries are logged in a timely basis and in accordance with departmental guidelines.

* Requesting new client addresses and account changes to the appropriate teams as necessary, to support invoice accuracy at all times.

* Assisting with the management of the direct debit processes, updating the master and ad-hoc files, collating accurate data for Sections members, in preparation for timed and scheduled direct debit submissions.

* Assisting with the processing of all Council and Committee expense claims in accordance with the expenses policy guidelines, delivering SLAs as appropriate.

* Assisting with updating the attendance registers as required carefully following the expenses guidelines.