Finance Assistant

1 month ago

Hove, United Kingdom Close Brothers Group Full time

**OVERALL SUMMARY**

Join Close Brothers Finance Team where you will be responsible for the delivery of financial control surrounding cash payments and receipts made by the business as part of its daily trading activities. Reconciliations are carried out between the company bank accounts, client systems and transactions that are posted and processed by other teams.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**_ Cashbooks and Reconciliations_**
- Daily Cashbooks:_
- Cashbooks split between payments, receipts and trust accounts by currency. Primary currencies are GBP, EUR and USD. Key tasks include:

- Download the required reports from the online banks accounts each morning
- Populate Excel cashbook templates with the relevant data, or review robotic outputs of cashbook data
- Review manual spreadsheet entry or robotic output to ensure cash has been assigned to the correct general ledger accounts
- Use controls to ensure bank entries match those on the operating system
- Upload journals into SAP
- Reconciliation control accounts:_
- Process of reviewing journals posted to SAP and ensuring that the general ledger values are correct with any variances identified and investigated within SLA. This would include timely communication with different areas of the business to gain understanding behind the transaction and to discuss a resolution.

**_ Funding and Currency Sales_**
- Daily Funding and Bank File Downloads_
- Downloading bank files and setting up payments to move funds between Close Brothers accounts. Completing lunchtime review of available funds in Close Brothers accounts and arranging for funds to be sent to and from the Treasury Department as required.
- Daily manual sweeps_
- Reviewing trust account balances and creating sweeps from these to the main Close Invoice account daily.
- Treasury Funding_
- Calculating the funds required in each bank account to cover daily outgoing payments and arranging for funds to be sent to and from the Treasury Department as required.
- Currency Sales_
- Liaising with Client Managers and the Treasury Department to process currency sales daily in accordance with client requirements.

**WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF HAVE/ARE**:

- 3 A-Levels or equivalent
- Strong numeracy skills
- Good Microsoft Excel skills
- Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal
- The ability to work to deadlines and cope with varying workloads particularly at month end
- Able to work on own initiative or with others on tasks with minimum supervision
- The ability to learn new technical tasks, using a combination of existing process documents and creating own notes for guidance

**IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE/ARE**:

- Part-qualified or studying towards qualification from AAT, CIMA, ACCA or another recognised accounting qualification
- SAP experience
- Analytical experience
- Cashbook experience

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**ABOUT US**

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. At Close Brothers we provide financial support and advice to small businesses and individuals in the UK. Our purpose is to help the people and businesses of Britain thrive over the long term.

**To find out more about life at Close Brothers**:
**To find out more about our benefits**:
**To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment**:
Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion ¦ Close Brothers Group

**The Company**

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. We employ over 3,500 people, principally in the UK.

Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250.We remain focused on markets and services we know and understand, developing leading positions and unrivalled expertise. Our approach is prudent and considered enabling us to grow sustainably, through all market conditions, building confidence among our depositors and investors.

Our businesses have remained local as we continue to provide bespoke services, and developing long-term relationships ensuring our success in the future. We value our clients over everything else. What they do is important - they are the doers and makers of things, the wealth creators, the investors and the savers. We ensure our services meet their specific needs and invest to support them as they grow.

These principles, founded in our past but applied to the modern world today, represent what we describe as ‘modern merchant banking’ - values that are embedded in our culture and that underpin everything we do.

**Inclusion**

**The Benefits**

**Private medical**

**Discounted health checks**

**Stakeholder pension contribution**

**Gym discounts**

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