Finance Assistant

Feefo helps both consumers and businesses make the right decisions.

Founded in 2010, Feefo works with 6,000+ brands worldwide to collect reliable and constructive reviews they can learn from and display. We invite confirmed customers to leave feedback, which results in reliable, fake-free reviews, so consumers can learn how people like them feel about different products and services. Companies can discover what they’re doing right, and where they can improve. This allows Feefo’s clients to create transparent, trusted relationships and deliver exceptional services that their customers can depend on - every time.

We’re a team of technology specialists, industry experts, and multi-lingual client services champions that operates across various sectors, including travel, retail, automotive, and finance. Feefo’s bespoke artificial intelligence, business insight, review software and compliance solutions help increase client sales and reduce churn. As a Google Partner, our clients can improve their search and paid conversion rates too.

We are proud to work with companies, large and small, from household names to local heroes.

**About the role - Finance Assistant**

Reporting to the Senior Finance Analyst, the Finance Assistant will be responsible for all aspects of the purchase ledger, ensuring policies are adhered to and invoices are processed and paid on time. The Finance Assistant will also support the Senior Finance Analyst and wider team where needed, including month end, reconciliations, reporting, and ad-hoc queries.

**Responsibilities**:
**Purchase Ledger**:

- Raising Purchase Orders and ensuring the purchasing policy is adhered to companywide.
- Responsible for processing supplier invoices in a timely and accurate manner.
- Troubleshoot and resolve supplier queries.
- Accurately forecasting timing of supplier payments to assist with cash flow forecasting.
- Regularly monitoring the purchase ledger to ensure all aged balances are cleared.

**Payment Runs**:

- Responsible for preparing and executing payment runs on a weekly basis.
- Ensuring suppliers are paid on time.

**Month End**:

- Update prepayments file and post prepayments journals.
- Process and reconcile transactions from our expenses system (Spendesk).
- Log additional information needed for staff entertainment.
- Assist with balance sheet reconciliations.

**Team Cover**:

- Due to the small size of the team, the Finance Assistant will be required to provide cover for other team members when needed, in areas such as bank reconciliations and credit control calls.

**Ad-hoc/ Project Support**:

- Support the Financial Controller and Senior Finance Analyst with any ad-hoc tasks/ projects as required.

**Requirements**:
**Requirements**:

- AAT level 3 or QBE.
- 3+ years purchase ledger experience in a SME environment.
- Experience with purchasing policies and PO systems.
- Competent with Microsoft Suite systems and experience of operating an accounting software package.
- Have experience with online banking in multiple currencies.
- Attention to detail, takes pride in getting things right first time.
- Keen problem-solver who is prepared to throw themselves into trying to solve any issue.
- Methodical worker, who is able to prioritise work and juggle multiple different tasks and contact channels.
- Friendly, approachable and willing to learn and accept feedback.
- Enjoys working as part of a team.

**Benefits**

**Hybrid Working & Offices**
- Feefo offers a hybrid working pattern.
- We have a fully serviced office in London, in addition The Farm in Petersfield - an idyllic Barn location.
- We also have a small office in Melbourne, with a growing team in Boston.
- Lots of breakout space and common areas.
- A pool table tournament & footie team.

**Perks**
- As well as a comprehensive benefit offering, there’s a whole suite of perks you can choose from on our benefits platform including health (e.g. free flu jabs and eye tests), wellbeing, childcare and lifestyle options.
- We gift you a LinkedIn Learning license, giving you access to 1000s of courses.
- Be a part of one of working groups including charities, CSR, wellbeing & mental health, socials and shape our programmes.
- You’ll be working in a global, scale-up environment with a commitment and focus on celebrating our diverse and inclusive environment.
- Lots of room for career enhancement, development and progression.
- A committed and expert senior leadership team driving the growth of Feefo with new products and tech as force for good.
- Be a part of a 100% privately owned company - owned by Vespa Capital.

**Our Values & Culture**
- Integrity in all that we do.
- We take ownership and hold ourselves accountable.
- Trust - it’s everything. When we hire you, we’re saying we trust you.
- We’re environmentally responsible and a positive contributor to society.
- We’re experts in our field.
- We have fun.
- We embrace diversity.
- We celebrate being different, creative