Finance Officer

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the examination partner and be liable for the everyday administration of the examination division.
• Collaborate intimately with the examination overseer on technical concerns.
• Will possess personal examination collection of customers to administer (review planning, field work, and completion).
• Hold all Partners responsible for the examinations they approve.
• Make sure examinations are scheduled efficiently and reserved beforehand.
• Make sure examinations are accomplished and concluded before Partner approval.
• Take on the duty to elevate the quality of the client’s work and fulfil regulatory standards.
• Steer various firm undertakings, e.g., examination templates, personnel training schemes, training principles, etc.
• Developing, administering, and inspiring a team of technical personnel.

Requirements

• Qualified either ACCA or ACA
• High degree of technical knowledge, ISA and UK GAAP
• Educated up to degree level or CTS
• At least 4/6 years post qualification experience working in audit
• Experience in managing a team
• Working knowledge of firm services, issues regarding advice, and regulation and compliance, including anti-money laundering

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Maintain and oversee financial processes and controls to ensure completeness and accuracy of monetary information.
• Oversee the payroll process and relationship with the external payroll bureaux to ensure staff are compensated accurately and in compliance with HMRC regulations.
• Supervise the month-end close process, including review and questioning of monthly performance reports with budget holders.
• Generate monthly management accounts by agreed deadlines, including insightful commentary to elucidate results against expected performance.
• Manage the year-end process to produce the accounts to trial balance for our client and its subsidiary, working in close collaboration with the Director of Finance and Operations.
• Prepare year end audit file working papers and support the creation of financial statements and liaison with auditors.
• Take the lead in preparing reports on a regular and as-needed basis according to funders/donors requests by collaborating with the Fundraising team to understand reporting requirements and timelines, supporting in the preparation of donor presentations, applications, and budgets where appropriate.
• Assist the Director of Finance and Operations in the annual review of monetary policies and procedures.
• Oversee the production of the annual budget process and intermittent forecasts.
• Oversee the reconciliation of banked income with the Fundraising system.
• Reconcile all nominal ledger control accounts monthly, investigating queries and approving any resulting journal entries.
• Lead the project to improve or upgrade the financial system, working with other stakeholders to collect user requirements, contribute to the analysis of the tender submissions and selection of vendor, and lead in the implementation of the new system within agreed project timescales.
• Supervise the petty cash, banking, monthly cash flow, expenses, and credit card processes, ensuring staff are reimbursed by agreed deadlines.
• Maintain and update the fixed assets register.
• Oversee quarterly VAT returns and supporting schedules.

Requirements

• Professional experience of working as a Finance Manager or similar
• Charity Finance experience
• Hands-on transaction processing with strategic input
• Proven experience of managing payroll

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Practice and team administration
• Reviewing work of accountancy group
• Addressing client inquiries
• Training the team regarding cash flow forecasting and management accounts, as well as general accounting matters
• Meeting clients alongside a partner
• Ability to expand personal portfolio
• Capable of providing tax guidance - diverse and encompassing all feasible topics (except VAT), including corporation tax, income tax, CGT, IHT, trust taxation, Transfer of Assets Abroad legislation, UK residency, EIS, EMI, SDLT, incorporation, and corporate reorganizations
• SEIS/EIS advance assurance and statement of compliance submissions
• EMI submissions
• CGT returns / SDLT returns / Corporate Interest Restriction Returns
• Handling tax and VAT inquiries
• Residence certificates and forms
• Tax clearances: share for share exchanges, share buybacks, corporate reorganizations: demergers/partitions, EMI clearances, EIS clearances (excluding advanced assurance mentioned above)
• IHT returns – 10-year / exit charge returns

Requirements

• At least 5 years’ experience working for a Top 50 accountancy practice, either as a senior, manager, or assistant manager
• Must have experience dealing with property clients covering all aspects of VAT in particular OTT & TOGC, personal tax, corporate tax, SDLT, tax reliefs.
• Able to provide tax planning advice and spot the opportunities that might be available to help the clients in particular wealth management and advisory services
• A very good understanding of corporate tax, personal tax, and VAT

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Help maintain the automated and scalable accounting function that produces accurate monthly Management Reports within 5 days of the end of the month.
• Take ownership of and improve/automate the processes of invoice payments (AP) and expenses management
• Claim responsibility to p improve/automate corporate bank reconciliation processes and help build relevant integrations with the finance ledger
• Improve and pre-set all reconciliations of revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities and equity
• Support the office team, developers and trading teams on improving trading data and computerizing the data feeds into the ledger

• Help build a robust and scalable budgeting and forecasting model

• Help with the annual group audits covering multiple entities
• Financial Planning and Analysis: computerise and design reporting, both internal management reporting and external reporting to partners, investors, authorities, etc.
• Direct and indirect tax computations and reporting
• Adhoc project work as required

Requirements

• BSc in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field with a significant quantitative element

• Recognized accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA or CIMA with one or more years post qualified experience
• Advanced Excel and modelling skills
• Experience with the best-in-class automation systems and functions where scalability is driven by technology, rather than headcount and manual work

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Accountable for all payroll management and data entry, including timesheet input.
• Check and validate the results of ‘provisional’ payroll reports and taking appropriate remedial actions to achieve accurate final payslips.
• Perform monthly pension reconciliations
• Liaise with staff on external payroll provider on pension/related queries, escalating as appropriate
• Liaising with the HR Officer regarding new starters, leavers, remuneration and conditions of service.
• Liaising with HMRC as necessary with regards to payroll-related tax queries
• Responsible for collating information necessary for production of P11Ds
• Administration of the employee benefits, including ride to work scheme, season ticket loans, childcare vouchers, Simply Health cash healthcare plan, private medical insurance and /postgraduate loans
• Assist with the production of all-staff annual salary letters (July each year)
• Assist the HR Director/Foundation HR Director with requests for management information, for example gender pay gap information

• Processing all transactions for the Clients’ Charitable Trust
• Preparing monthly account packages for the Charitable Trust
• Support the Head of Finance in preparing the annual accounts for the Charitable Trust.

• Collaborate with the Development team to ensure accurate recording of donations in the Charitable Trust accounts.
• Responsible for trip accounting, including coordination with the Fees Officer and Finance Officer (Purchases), which involves reviewing and authorizing trip budgets.
• Prepare a detailed analysis of all trip accounts for review by the Head of Finance.
• Attain a comprehensive understanding of the accounting system to provide coverage for the Fees Officer and Finance Officer (Purchases) when necessary.

Requirements

• CIPP qualified or part-qualified, or equivalent qualification from a reputable provider
• Knowledge of payroll practices
• Experience of working within a payroll function as payroll officer, administrator or assistant
• Clear, concise and calm communication skills, both written and verbal (essential)

Company and role overview

Our client in the financial sector is searching for an Audit and Accounts senior to join their team. The candidate must be highly motivated and willing to learn as part of the team and take responsibility for running the audit. The candidate will also support the Manager to manage and supervise the audit team.

Main responsibilities

• Review /finalise statutory accounts for submission to Companies’ House and HMRC
• Communication with clients as necessary and identifying and understand client needs, suggest potential solutions on technical matters
• Update client files, checklists, records, and procedures
• Financial analyses, planning and financial modelling
• Assist in the planning, execution, and finalisation of all areas of the audit assignment
• Identify risk matters and discuss the impact of these with the audit manager
• Supervise, coach, and develop junior members of our audit team.

Requirements

• Experience supervising and coaching junior members of staff on site
• Working knowledge of firm services, issues regarding advice, and regulation and compliance, including anti-money laundering
• Demonstrable knowledge of current economic and market trends
• 3+ years PQE
• Qualified ACA/ICAS Qualified or overseas equivalent.
• Educated up to degree level or CTS

Company and role overview

Our client is currently in the market for an Examinations Assistant to come and join their active team! The candidate will be expected to perform administrative duties such as organising meetings, onboarding sessions, and providing support to the Head of Exams. It is important the candidate has strong communication and customer service skills.

Main responsibilities

• Co-ordinating onboarding sessions to train candidates on how to use the clinical exams software platform
• Setting up onboarding sessions via Microsoft bookings. 
• Co-ordinate the standardisation meetings, minute taking and managing email and phone communications
• Train staff/colleagues to use zoom efficiently and work with IT to troubleshoot issues to ensure all participants can attend the meetings.

Requirements

• Technically proficient with good computer literacy skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Strong customer service skills are essential

• Greet and assist customers with enthusiasm, providing exceptional service with a can-do attitude.
• Offer product knowledge and assistance in helping customers make informed purchasing decisions.
• Handle customer inquiries, exchanges, and returns with a positive and solutions-oriented approach.
• Actively engage with customers to drive sales and achieve individual and team sales targets.
• Promote featured products and special promotions.
• Ensure the shop floor is well-maintained, organised, and visually appealing.
• Process customer transactions accurately using point-of-sale system.
• Handle cash, credit card, and other payments methods securely.
• Work collaboratively with other team shop associates to achieve collective goals and communicate effectively with the management team.