The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Bookkeeper/ Junior Accountant to join a Single Family Office in London. This is the perfect position for a finance professional who has experience working in a small team and enjoys working within a support capacity. This person will be working closely with small teams in several different areas of the business and report directly to the Senior Accountant and Finance Director.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assisting with all aspects of bookkeeping for a group of investment companies and the group management and service company
  • Assisting the Senior Accountant and Finance Director with the preparation of annual financial statements (with the help of an external third-party accountancy firm), quarterly and monthly management accounts and annual budgets
  • Assisting with the annual audit process, answering audit queries and providing schedules to the auditors as requested
  • Day to day management of cashflow forecasts and reconciling inter-company balances

Areas of responsibility will include:

Creditors, Suppliers & Debtors

  • Day to day management of aged creditors, processing, payment and filing of creditor invoices
  • Day to day management of aged debtors, drafting, processing, monitoring payments and filing of debtor invoices

Banking

  • Day to day banking, bank reconciliations (on a weekly and monthly basis), cash management, incoming payments, outgoing payments
  • Drafting reporting to the bank regarding facilities secured against financial assets in accordance with covenants and reporting requirements

Governance

  • Assisting with monitoring adherence to policies, including Health and Safety and GDPR
  • Assisting with the filing of Company House returns and reporting to the shareholder
  • Assisting with KYC requests, compliance matters and risk management

Tax compliance

  • Assisting the Finance Team in the preparation of tax returns and tax calculations

VAT compliance

  • Drafting a straightforward quarterly VAT return

Employees / Payroll / HR

  • Monthly & Annual payroll – collation of figures for processing by the payroll bureau, entering payments to employees via online banking – including working with the payroll bureau regarding p11d, p60s etc
  • Staff benefits and auto-enrolment pensions – dealing with admin relating to new joiners, pension opt ins, opt outs and re-enrolment
  • Assisting with the admin relating to joiners and leavers being added and removed from payroll, preparation of contracts and the updating of records
  • Assisting with the day to day management of employees, including maintenance of electronic employee files and employee database, monitoring holiday, sick leave and maternity pay
  • Maintenance of training records and monitoring compliance with employer policies

Other Duties

  • Electronic document management / record keeping
  • Providing support with investment and corporate transactions
  • Assisting the Finance Team with the preparation of business plans and reports
  • Providing support to the Finance Team regarding the management of a portfolio of investments including quoted and unquoted equities, Private Equity funds, loans and properties
  • Assisting with Office Management

IT skills required

  • Sage 50 accounts
  • Microsoft including excel, word and outlook

Salary: Up to £40,000, depending on experience. 

REF: AGR2741

If you would like to apply for this role, please send your most recent CV to toms@agreusgroup.com.