Remote Finance Associate

Summary

Join a fast-growing start-up as an Accounts Payable Specialist and play a crucial role in our finance team. You will be responsible for maintaining the AP ledger, preparing payment runs, and managing internal communication channels. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the UK's 10 fastest-growing start-ups and contribute to a mission-driven company.

Requirements

• Have a key eye for detail and are able to meet deadlines, being fully accountable for your areas of responsibility
• Drive to achieve excellence and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of working in accounts payable and accounting in a fast paced, commercial environment
• Studying AAT/CIMA/ACCA or other similar accounting qualification and wish to complete your studies and develop as a finance professional
• Xero/ERP bookkeeping and accounts payable experience
• Excellent attention to detail, delivering high-quality work with minimal errors
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong understanding of quality control methodologies to ensure data integrity and accuracy
• Proficient in process management, adhering to finance calendars and meeting deadlines
• Self-motivated and able to work independently while delivering exceptional results
• Team player with a “no task is too small” mentality
• Strong Excel skills

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the AP ledger, ensuring all invoices are recorded, approved and paid correctly in line with supplier payment terms
• Owning key software tools, such as Spendesk, ApprovalMax and Dext
• Preparing twice-monthly multi-currency payment runs
• Actively managing the Finance inbox and internal communication channels by responding on a timely basis to vendor and employee enquiries
• Supporting the Treasury function, performing bank reconciliations and cash summaries
• Work proactively to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the purchase to payables process
• Developing good working relationships with our suppliers to enable any queries to be resolved professionally and efficiently
• Accurately and efficiently recording all transactions in the company ledgers
• Ownership of month-end procedures, such as prepayments and supplier statement reconciliations
• Support annual company audit requirements
• Support/lead ad-hoc projects