Senior Project Accountant
Company
Place
London
Type
Hybrid
contract
Full time
salary
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company
Place
London
Type
Hybrid
Contract
Full time
salary
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We are looking for an organised finalist or newly qualified individual with great attention to detail who Is capable to work under pressure and willing to support both the Finance and Client teams with the management of all financial elements of their events and core jobs. The work is project based and can often cover many markets and operate cross-border, multi-currency and be quite complex in nature.
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Responsibilities
• Set up and manage jobs for UEFA & RWC clients (including Events elements) and raise Purchase Orders
• Raising numerous invoices in different currencies and using different exchange rates, across multiple markets
• Understanding of the VAT treatment for local markets
• Managing the reconciliation of costs against billing and ensuring that there are no discrepancies due to unbilled costs or exchange rate difference
• Engage with project suppliers to ensure they are registered with the Tungsten einvoicing platform. Manage supplier invoicing process from supplier set up through to payment.
• Understand the key milestones for each job with regards to billing / payment by Client and payments out to Suppliers
• Monthly billing requirements – raising and checking all details such as Client contact names, address, currency and correct VAT treatment used, and narrative quoted
• Credit Control – help manage aged debt relating to your clients and projects and liaise with agency client teams to resolve any queries
• Expenses Cards (FairFX) – ensure that staff complete the back-up spreadsheet required correcting and journaling onto the relevant jobs on a monthly basis.
• Job reconciliations – regular reconciliations with the Client leads to ensure all jobs are updated and in line with project budgets. Timely closing of jobs.
• Work with the wider Finance department to ensure Revenue for your projects is billed in a timely manner and recognised in the correct periods.
• Regular posting of journals to move costs/billings from jobs – working alongside the project teams to determine the costs and jobs that need to be billed.
• Manage the monthly reconciliation of the UCL Ticketing credit card and submit the credit card claim on a monthly basis.
• Providing ad-hoc reports and analysis relating to your projects for the Head of Finance when required.
• Review of specific Jobs with wider Finance department to;
o Highlighting concerns
o Enable the Head of Finance to amend Revenue forecasts where necessary
o Monitor currency impact – both actual and forecast by Job
o Monitor cashflows in/out and communicate material variances
o Foreign currency / Petty cash management (on site)
• Raising numerous invoices in different currencies and using different exchange rates, across multiple markets
• Understanding of the VAT treatment for local markets
• Managing the reconciliation of costs against billing and ensuring that there are no discrepancies due to unbilled costs or exchange rate difference
• Engage with project suppliers to ensure they are registered with the Tungsten einvoicing platform. Manage supplier invoicing process from supplier set up through to payment.
• Understand the key milestones for each job with regards to billing / payment by Client and payments out to Suppliers
• Monthly billing requirements – raising and checking all details such as Client contact names, address, currency and correct VAT treatment used, and narrative quoted
• Credit Control – help manage aged debt relating to your clients and projects and liaise with agency client teams to resolve any queries
• Expenses Cards (FairFX) – ensure that staff complete the back-up spreadsheet required correcting and journaling onto the relevant jobs on a monthly basis.
• Job reconciliations – regular reconciliations with the Client leads to ensure all jobs are updated and in line with project budgets. Timely closing of jobs.
• Work with the wider Finance department to ensure Revenue for your projects is billed in a timely manner and recognised in the correct periods.
• Regular posting of journals to move costs/billings from jobs – working alongside the project teams to determine the costs and jobs that need to be billed.
• Manage the monthly reconciliation of the UCL Ticketing credit card and submit the credit card claim on a monthly basis.
• Providing ad-hoc reports and analysis relating to your projects for the Head of Finance when required.
• Review of specific Jobs with wider Finance department to;
o Highlighting concerns
o Enable the Head of Finance to amend Revenue forecasts where necessary
o Monitor currency impact – both actual and forecast by Job
o Monitor cashflows in/out and communicate material variances
o Foreign currency / Petty cash management (on site)
Requirements
• Be a finalist, awaiting certification or newly qualified in a professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Attention to detail, professional, well organised and willingness to learn
• Strong numerical skills
• A good standard of written English.
• Effective time management skills and ability to work consistently to set deadlines
• Comfortable with advanced excel skills (nested formulas, conditional/logic formulas) and problem solving with broken formulas.
• Follow processes, and show non-finance staff how to follow process
• Have an enquiring attitude and be on the lookout for commercial and operational opportunity and risk.
• Attention to detail, professional, well organised and willingness to learn
• Strong numerical skills
• A good standard of written English.
• Effective time management skills and ability to work consistently to set deadlines
• Comfortable with advanced excel skills (nested formulas, conditional/logic formulas) and problem solving with broken formulas.
• Follow processes, and show non-finance staff how to follow process
• Have an enquiring attitude and be on the lookout for commercial and operational opportunity and risk.
What we offer
• Standard hours are 9:30-5:30, but flexible hours also apply. Fusers can start earlier or later if they work during the core hours of 10:30-4:30 and make up standard hours
• Private health care with Bupa
• Pension – up to 5% matching
• Enhanced maternity and paternity packages
• 27 days holiday and the option to buy up to 10 days holiday per year
• Long service awards (£350 gift card at 5 years and 1 month paid sabbatical at 10 years)
• Access to wellbeing initiatives and programmes
• Social events (including subsidised ski trip) and much more
• Private health care with Bupa
• Pension – up to 5% matching
• Enhanced maternity and paternity packages
• 27 days holiday and the option to buy up to 10 days holiday per year
• Long service awards (£350 gift card at 5 years and 1 month paid sabbatical at 10 years)
• Access to wellbeing initiatives and programmes
• Social events (including subsidised ski trip) and much more
