Playground Games are looking for a Finance Assistant to join our team.
Working closely with the Finance Manager, and wider Finance team, in a fast-paced environment, to deliver effective financial processes within the Company. The role involves engaging with a range of disciplines and external stakeholders and requires the ability to work to deadlines and high levels of accuracy.
Key Responsibilities / Primary Accountabilities
- Assistance with month end procedures
- Calculating monthly recharges and raising invoices on both companies
- Raising monthly sales invoice
- Management of the fixed assets register
- Posting of various journals including depreciation, leases, payroll
- Reconciling petty cash
- Emptying vending machines, counting and reconciling cash
- Reconciling foreign currency
- Processing employee expenses
- Purchase order tracking
- Purchase invoice approvals
- Processing of purchase invoices
- Credit card statement analysis
- Assistance with the annual statutory audit processes
- Liaising with company auditors
- Assisting with the collation of information
- Ad-hoc tasks as required by the Financial Accountant and Finance Director
Additional
- Ensure that all duties, checks and documentation are completed to the required level of accuracy and within defined timelines.
- Perform other duties, and provide general assistance to broader finance team, as may be requested from time to time, commensurate with the role e.g holiday cover
Knowledge and Skills Required
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of using Sage for processing and reporting purposes and Microsoft Excel for reporting and analysis purposes
- Knowledge and previous experience in an accounting role
- AAT qualification
- High attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Professional attitude and ability to work in a confidential manner
- Excellent communication skills and real team player
- An organised approach, planning tasks and setting realistic timescales
- Flexibility to be involved in a number of finance support activities at a time
- Maintain strong working relationships with team members
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office inc Outlook, Word
- Be a champion for Playground Games and everything we produce
- Adhere to company procedures