Finance Assistant

This is a 3 month internship with a likelihood of going of going perm upon successful internship period.

Job Title: Finance Assistant
Reports to: Finance Manager
Hours of work: Monday – Friday 9am -5.30pm
£21k Salary

The Role
A fantastic opportunity at a brilliant well-known cruelty-free make up brand. Based in the center of Carnaby Street, this is an ideal location for commuters. The company is looking for someone who is proactive, a team player and not afraid of hard work, to join their fast-paced finance department to support bridging the gap between finance, sales and the warehouse.
Key Responsibilities of the role:

•  Process all orders received and raise any proforma invoices as and when required.
•  Assist the warehouse with required shipping documentation.
•  Raise all sales Invoices, checking all necessary reports to ensure invoices are correct before sending to customer/ sales executive.
•  Update various reports relating to sales.
•  Deal with any sales invoice queries including processing any required credit notes.
• Processing bank receipts and payments
• Review and resolve any debit note queries.
• Process web invoices when required.
•  Process any credit notes relating to web orders.
•  Process any stock requests in terms of PR samples etc.
• Liaise directly with sales and warehouse teams throughout the ordering/invoicing process.
• Run weekly credit control report and chase outstanding invoices due for payment.
•  Assisting with the month end process.
• Provide cover for other finance team members as and when necessary and provide help whenever required.
•  Answering the phone and any other ad-hoc jobs

The ideal candidate for this role:

• Recent accountancy graduate
• A team player
• Someone with a strong work ethic
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confident
• Organised with a high attention to detail.

Key skills needed for this role:

• Microsoft Office especially Excel
• Time management
• Flexibility with change in priority of weekly / monthly tasks is required.
• Finance experience
• Experience of working with stock

The benefits of this role:

•  The chance to work in a great location for a leading cruelty-free make up company
• The opportunity for lots of team work