Finance Assistant - Global events business

Job Posted: 5 December 2024

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Ryde, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full time
• Salary: £32,000 per year
• Industries: Accounting Banking & Financial General Office

We have a very rare opportunity for an experienced Finance Assistant to join a world famous national events company that organises prestigious events all the globe.

Reporting to their Head of Finance on a full time basis you will be based at their spacious home office in Ryde which offers a fast paced, fun and frinedly working environment with all the benefits of a global business including the potential for unlimited career development opportunities. 

For this role we need an experienced Finance Assistant/Bookkeeper with a good working knowledge of accounting systems especially Sage as well as excellent Excel skills.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Accounts Payable
• Checking invoices and obtaining authorisation from the correct department.
• Entering invoices into Sage, using accurate & meaningful descriptions.
• Processing payments.
• Coding invoices and expenses accurately to the correct department and event.
• Coding and checking credit card receipts and entering into Accounting System.
• Investigate supplier queries: looking back at the records, ringing suppliers.
• Requesting supplier invoices and other documents as and when required.

Accounts Receivables

• Checking all invoices raised by Event Planners have been keyed into Accounting System.
• Checking all events have been invoiced.
• Entering sales invoices (events, commissions, ad-hoc) into Accounting System.
• Checking all commission invoices have been raised.
• Create commission and ad-hoc invoices whenever necessary.
• Chasing payment for outstanding clients either via e-mail or phone.

Monthly and Yearly Tasks:

• Creating and entering Accounting Journals into Sage.
• Posting all cashbook entries.
• Assist the Finance Manager with UK VAT, Foreign VAT, P11Ds, etc.
• Assisting the Finance Manager with the Yearly Audit.

Administrative Tasks:

• Filing and scanning invoices.

Systems used:

• Sage 50 Cloud Accounts Professional/Online Banking/Microsoft Applications/Stripe/Pleo/PayPal

Must haves/desirables

• Sage accounting experience would be especially advantageous
• Proven ability to work to deadlines.
• Proven ability to manage your own workload and be a proven ‘self-starter’.
• Must be able to work to tight timescales, ensuring accuracy in data entry. 
• Excellent IT skills
• Excellent references both professional and personal.
• Superb communication skills.
• A warm, engaging and approachable personality.

On offer is an excellent salary of £32,000 per year plus private healthcare and a range of benefits that can be discussed on application. 

Please apply below with an up-to-date CV and brief cover note and we will be in touch at a time to suit you.

All applications are treated with the upmost confidentiality.

Isle of Wight Jobs Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment agency and business on behalf of this employer. We will be providing a pre-qualified shortlist of applicants to the management team within this company. We are unable to publicly release further details regarding this employer; however, we will be able to freely discuss the specifics with suitable applicants.