Senior Finance Assistant - Immediately Available - 12 months FTC

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Overview

Why Moorhouse?
Integrity and Accountability | Collaboration | Sense of Humour and Perspective | Courage

We recognise that moving to a new organisation is a big decision. Our values are an intrinsic part of the firm. You will not see them written on big posters on the wall but you will experience them through the people you work with. We take pride in being consistent and transparent in striving to ensure that anyone who joins Moorhouse shares these values and has the integrity, humility and confidence to be part of the Moorhouse team.

As we continue to grow and respond to our ever-changing client needs, we become increasingly more agile in the way we build our consulting teams. We want to ensure our consultants are placed on to client engagements that align with their career goals. We are also looking to growing our associate network by identifying, attracting and onboarding people with a range of consulting skills and sector experience.

We only recruit the very best and not only are we focused on maintaining our high-quality bar, we also place the utmost importance in engaging with consultants who buy in to our ethos, values and ways of working.

Responsibilities

About your Role

We like to move fast as a team, so honesty and integrity is key to this, along with a good sense of humour. In return, you will be part of a supportive team that shares the workload, looks after each other and celebrates success together.

As a member of the Finance Team you will have the opportunity to get involved in the business and help shape the efficiency of the Finance Department within a successful consulting firm.

Responsibilities will be varied and will cover the following:

• Accounts Payable - managing purchase ledger, supplier reconciliations, payment run
• Accounts Receivable - Credit control, monthly invoicing to clients, dealing with client queries
• Work in Progress - Working with the business to ensure contractual documentation and purchase orders are received in a timely fashion in order to raise invoices.
• Balance sheet and P&L reconciliations, including revenue reconciliation
• Adhoc Reporting and Analysis
• Group Reporting - Reporting intercompany, and cashflow figures on a on-going basis.
• Overseeing the submission of timesheets
• Business partnering - communicating with the company for project, debt and WIP management
• Audit Sampling and support - There is one statutory audit each year and in addition to that there are mini audits, which take place around September and December each year.
• Continuous improvements of the financial processes to ensure on-going efficiency of the team
• Contribute to a culture of sustainability and embrace Moorhouse's social responsibility by integrating responsible practices and upholding ethical standards and awareness in everyday work.

Essential skills

To be successful in this role, you will need to be:

• 3+ years accounting experience, ideally in a professional services business
• Studying toward a professional accounting qualification
• Numerate
• Familiarity with Salesforce would be advantageous but not essential
• Highly proficient in Office 365 including Excel, Teams, and Outlook
• Excellent communication skills
• Comfortable engaging, building relationships with stakeholders
• To be flexible, manage ambiguity and adapt successfully to changing situations
• Highly organised, proactive and detail focused
• To be able to multitask and work collaboratively as part of a team

Benefits

Package and Location

• A pro-rata base salary of £35,000 and circa 10% bonus to be paid on completion of the contract.
• Study support package
• 25 days pro-rated annual leave
• A quarterly 'Escape' for 24 hours, for social, team building and corporate social responsibility activities, with a longer 3-day event held annually
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Group Personal Pension Scheme
• A range of discounted lifestyle and well-being benefits through Perkbox

Our offices are based near Liverpool Street station, and we support flexible and hybrid working. Successful candidate will be expected to be in the office 3 days a week.

Moorhouse is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and our values underpin a working environment that is inclusive for all those who work for us. We encourage people to bring their whole selves to work, contribute ideas, take initiative and be responsible for their impact on others internally and externally.