Finance Assistant

Job Overview

Mackie Myers seeks a motivated and ambitious Finance Assistant to join our expanding finance department in London. This is a great role for individuals with some foundational transactional finance experience wishing to enhance their skills and progressively assume greater responsibilities.

Primary Duties

• Create and issue invoices while managing sales ledger tasks.
• Establish new customer profiles and handle customer inquiries efficiently.
• Support the preparation and administration of quarterly VAT returns.
• Administer processing of employee expense claims and company credit card transactions.
• Assist with payroll and pension-related activities monthly.
• Conduct bank reconciliations and ensure financial records are meticulously maintained.
• Contribute to financial reporting and general administrative finance functions.
• Provide occasional assistance as needed to the wider finance team.

Qualifications and Skills

• Prior experience in Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable.
• Familiarity with bank reconciliations.
• Strong grasp of core finance principles and transactional accounting processes.
• Competent with Excel at a basic to intermediate level, specifically VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and filtering techniques.
• Experience working with accounting software is a plus.