Group Accounts Assistant

Role: Group Accounts Assistant Sector: Market Research Location: Central London Permanent: Hybrid Salary: £32,000 – £35,000 Ref: VFR 3306 VisionFR is delighted to be working with a fab Market Research agency, growing with international reach and with a focus on the pharmaceutical sector to help find a Group Accounts Assistant. This role will assist with transactional finance operations (accounts payable/accounts receivable) across the group and an opportunity to support with month-end. The key responsibilities of the Group Accounts Assistant • Process supplier invoices, ensuring correct coding, approval and VAT • Prepare and process payment runs • Reconcile supplier statements • Maintain accurate AP ledgers • Raise and issue sales invoices • Monitor and chase outstanding debts • Allocate incoming payments • Reconcile customer accounts • Support credit control • Process employee expenses • Month-end reconciliation and close activities • Assist with intercompany reconciliations across UK, US and Europe • Maintain accurate records and filing in line with group policies • Assist with ad hoc finance administration and projects and needed Skills and responsibilities of the Group Accounts Assistant • Experience in a similar Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable role in a creative sector • Comfortable working with varying volumes of transactions and meeting deadlines • Good Excel knowledge • Experience using Xero would be an advantage • Comfortable working with a multi-currency and multi-entity environment • AAT part-qualified or similar is desirable • Excellent communication skills with colleagues across different countries and time zones VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Client recruitment needs. Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.