Finance Assistant - City London

Jas Gujral; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job description

Finance Assistant – City London

Our Client is an international company looking to recruit a Senior Finance Assistant with 2 to 5 plus years’ experience in Finance. The Client will consider a junior individual with 2 years experience in Finance and the willingness to learn and grow.

This is an overall back office role for the Client, including but not limited to:

• Accounting, Internal Reporting, Taxation, Auditing, Internal control/J-SOX
• System maintenance and development
• Other administrative works, especially to be compliant with financial regulations in EU and UK
• Payment/Receipt related duties, including trade finance
• Treasury/Foreign exchange assistance

Key Responsibilities:

• All accounting, reporting, taxation, auditing, internal control/J-SOX for the Company
• Some treasury-related duties such as payment and receipt of money, settlement confirmation, interest and foreign exchange risk management
• Supporting loan, deposit, FX related transactions for Company Offices and Group Companies
• Check terms and conditions of L/Cs for safe collection of export proceeds and payment of import trade contracts and arranging documentary collections
• Maintain and develop ECC, Internet Banking Platform and any other system related matters
• Registration and maintaining of Company offices’ Customer Bank Information on SAP for payment
• Follow up to be compliant with financial regulations in UK and EU
• Answering enquiries and providing advice from/to business departments and corporate departments of other Company offices and Group Companies

Relationships:

• Financial institutions
• Auditors, Tax consultants, Regulatory authorities, etc.
• Staff of EMEA office/branch, group companies, and Tokyo office

Good verbal and written communication skills coupled with numerical and analytical skills are required. IT skills including Word, Excel, and SAP are essential. Knowledge of cash management, finance market, and banking processes is important.

Comprehensive experience working in accounting or finance departments of companies, accounting firms, or financial institutions, specifically within treasury activities including cash management experience in the finance market area is desired.

You will ideally have a degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or Economics.

The role will be based in the City London.

The salary for this position will be in the range £25K - £37K plus benefits.

Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.