Finance Assistant - Media

Magpie Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a multi-national media business based in Central London.

Reporting in to the Financial Controller this is a great opportunity for a Graduate with a Years Experience who are looking to study their CIMA or ACCA Qualification.

Responsibilities:

• Complete weekly time reports: checking timesheets weekly and compiling weekly time reports for the UK, France, Spain & Italy

• Run purchase ledger: paying suppliers and employees on time, recording and coding of supplier invoices and employee expenses accurately, reconciliations of company credit cards
• Manage banking and petty cash
• Support on sales ledger: creation of client invoices, coding correctly to accounts system, and credit control
• Assist month end: assisting finance team in the month end process including monthly reconciliation and reporting
• Work across general finance admin: filing, ad hoc finance projects, resource management admin, manage contract systems

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 A levels at C and above
• Administrative experience in a media or professional, office-based environment in the finance function
• You must be extremely organised, able to multi-task and enjoy a busy, demanding workload
• Superb attention to detail
• Proactivity; taking the initiative and always seeing a job through
• A flexible and ambitious approach to work, with extremely high standards
• A mature attitude and responsible approach to confidential information
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Superb IT skills
• Ideally a knowledge of Paprika; desirable but not necessary
• Numerate

• Strong problem solving skills

Benefits:

• Paid support for your CIMA or ACCA qualification
• Understanding that life doesn't always fit around the 9-5; and that work/life balance is crucial
• Well-being allowance or private health care
• Freedom and support to be limitless within the business
• Sponsored sabbatical after 4 years' service
• A connected, courageous and friendly team creating adventurous work whilst still having a lot of fun
• An exciting and rewarding long-term career, bringing constant challenge and fresh opportunities as you develop
• The opportunity to have global reach within our offices
• Fantastic benefits, including early finish Fridays, 25 days' holiday and great team socials