Finance Assistant

Summary

Join Ably's growing Finance team as a Finance Assistant and take ownership of the bookkeeping function. You will work closely with senior finance professionals, maintaining accurate financial reports, optimizing processes, and contributing to data-driven decision-making. Daily tasks include overseeing bookkeeping, handling invoicing and payments, assisting with payroll and expenses, reconciling financial accounts, contributing to the month-close process, strengthening financial controls, supporting financial analysis and reporting, and optimizing finance systems. This role requires proven experience as a Finance Assistant or Bookkeeper, ideally in a fast-growing environment, along with hands-on experience with accounting software and strong attention to detail. Excellent communication, time management, and problem-solving skills are essential. Ably offers a remote-first and flexible work environment with various benefits including equity, enhanced holiday allowance, parental leave, home workstation budget, personal learning and development budget, private healthcare, and more.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Finance Assistant, Bookkeeper or similar role, ideally in a fast-growing startup or scaleup environment
• Hands-on experience with accounting software (e.g. Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, or similar)
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in all tasks
• Strong time management skills, with the ability to work independently and autonomously
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with the immediate and wider team
• A proactive attitude, with the ability to identify problems and provide solutions
• A commitment to maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive financial data responsibly

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage bookkeeping. You’ll be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, fixed asset register and preparation of VAT/OSS returns
• Handle invoicing and payments. You’ll maintain revenue records, process customer and supplier invoices and ensure timely payments. You’ll also support and assist customers with invoicing and billing queries
• Assist with payroll and expenses. You’ll support payroll administration, ensuring staff wages are processed accurately and on time, and review employee expenses in line with company policies
• Reconcile financial accounts. You’ll regularly reconcile bank statements, credit card statements, and other financial accounts to ensure accurate reporting
• Contribute to month-close process. You’ll support month-close reporting activities and gain exposure to annual accounts preparation
• Strengthen financial controls. You’ll help maintain and improve financial controls, ensuring compliance with internal processes and accounting standards
• Support financial analysis and reporting. You’ll provide ad-hoc support to the wider Finance team with financial analysis, reporting business insights to contribute to data-driven decision-making
• Optimize finance systems. You’ll help to maintain and enhance the company’s finance tools and software, improving workflows and team efficiency

Benefits

• A remote-first and flexible work environment
• Equity. We’re a growing start-up and we want all team to members to share in the success of the company through our EMI share options programme
• Enhanced holiday allowance. Our policy provides Ablyans with 28 days of paid annual leave (27 regular days, plus a day off to enjoy your birthday)
• Enhanced parental leave package, so that you can take the time you need to get to know your new family member, rest and recover
• Home workstation budget of £500 on joining (and £150 p/a thereafter), so that your home office is set up to serve you well and that you have everything you need to work comfortably
• Personal learning and development budget of £1000 annually, and 5% L&D time during working hours to focus on improving your skillset
• Private healthcare with BUPA
• Medical cash plan to cover a range medical and dental costs
• Mental wellbeing coaching and counselling from Self Space
• Monthly wellbeing budget via Juno
• Life assurance and income protection
• Access to Tech & Cycle to Work schemes
• Weekly snack allowance for our end-of-week “Need To Know” meeting
• A fully-paid one-month sabbatical after five years with Ably