International Finance Assistant
Department: Business Services - Finance
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Bristol
Description
Purpose of the role: The International Finance Assistant will be responsible for providing support to the Firm's overseas operations in management accounting, billing, purchase and payments management, as well as providing support on ad-hoc projects including international expansions. The International Finance Assistant role reports to the Senior International & Systems Accounting Manager and sits within the Group Financial Reporting & Control team. The International Finance Assistant will also work closely with the wider Finance teams located overseas.
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities of the role:
* Setting up and maintaining matters for overseas entities.
* Setting up and maintaining matter charging rates for overseas entities.
* Raising and amending bills / credit notes and dealing with billing queries for overseas entities.
* Raising payments, disbursements, expense claims and purchase invoices for overseas entities.
* Setting up and processing bank payments for overseas entities.
* Posting cash and allocating to bills for overseas entities.
* Preparing bank reconciliations for overseas entities.
* Assisting in the preparation of general ledger accounting journals (payroll, provisions and adjustments).
* Ensure all financial transactions are recording appropriately in systems, in line with Group accounting policy and local regulations, liaising with external local accountants where appropriate
* Assisting external local accountants with local regulatory requirements and filing of any necessary paperwork on time.
* Assisting external local accountants with preparation of statutory financial year-end accounts for DACB Italia entity.
* Assisting overseas entities with training on financial processes, systems and controls.
* Assisting the Group Financial Accountant with audit queries in relation to the overseas entities.
* Assisting with ad-hoc projects (International expansion, transformation) as and when required.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Key experience and skills required:
* IT literate - experience of working with 3E would be an advantage.
* Good knowledge of Excel.
* Fluent in written and oral English - knowledge of other languages like Spanish, French and Italian would be beneficial.
* Preferably some basic awareness of financial concepts (non-mandatory as full training will be provided).
* Self-starter, keen to take ownership, solve problems, learn and grown.
* Good attention to detail.
* Good communication skills are essential as the role requires liaising with other offices.
* Flexible in terms of a changing environment and workload, and working across multiple time-zones.
* Organised and able to handle multiple demands and meet deadlines simultaneously.