Finance Assistant

Frontier is an established, market leading independent developer and publisher of videogames for PC and consoles. Founded in 1994, we are based in the world-leading technology cluster and historic city of Cambridge, England. With a growing team of over 750 talented people, we are passionate about creating innovative genre-leading games and authentic worlds for our communities of players.

We have achieved serial successes across a wide variety of titles including _Elite Dangerous_, _Planet Coaster_, _Jurassic World Evolution_ and _Planet Zoo_. We are continuing to grow our team to support our existing portfolio and an exciting and ambitious future roadmap, which includes the development of both own-IP titles and licensed-IP titles. Our IP-license partners include Universal (Jurassic World), Formula 1 and Games Workshop (Warhammer).We are also growing our team to continue the expansion of Frontier Foundry, our publishing label for games developed by carefully selected partner studios.

We have a modern spacious studio located on the Cambridge Science Park in the heart of the Cambridge tech hub. For those who wish to relocate to the Cambridge area and work either entirely in the studio or flexibly between the studio and home, we can provide generous financial and practical support to facilitate your move. We are also able to offer remote working for those who would prefer to work almost exclusively from home or who are unable to relocate. We can discuss your preferences with you during the recruitment process.

**Purpose of the role**

As part of our continued growth we have an opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our Finance team. As the Finance Assistant you will be reporting to the Head of Financial Operations and working closely with the Payables Manager to ensure accurate and timely processing of financial transactions.

The Finance Team works collaboratively together and with many other areas of the business; this role in particular works closely with the Procurement function and department budget holders. Not only does the Finance Team work towards internal and external reporting requirements, we also provide support to our project teams where necessary to deliver amazing games.

**Responsibilities**:

- Process purchase invoices
- Reconcile and post bank transactions in multiple currencies
- Purchase ledger allocations
- Post credit card transactions in multiple currencies
- Process expense claims
- Reconcile sales transactions from the frontier store in multiple currencies
- Liaise with other members of the business regarding invoice approvals and adhoc purchase ledger queries
- Liaise with banks and suppliers regarding any correspondence and queries that may arise
- Manage the petty cash accounts in multiple currencies
- Assist in creating share option communication documents and adhoc administration
- Keep the Payables Manager informed of any outstanding financial issues
- Setting up out of cycle bank payments and covering the payment run where necessary.

**About you**:

- **Essential**:

- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Experienced user of Microsoft Excel
- Flexible in working approach, and able to work in a team environment.
- **
Desirable**:

- Experience in using a finance system.

**What we can offer you**

We offer the chance to work with talented and passionate people, developing and publishing sophisticated and enduring games in a creative and collaborative environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our player communities. Frontier rewards this passion and determination by sharing in the company’s success and by supporting our teams to keep doing what they love.

Well-being is a big focus at Frontier and we are continually evolving how we can support our staff. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and host a range of well-being activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a success-based annual bonus, share option schemes, pension, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity package, in-house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme and free bike servicing, and social events.