Description
Purpose of the role:
The International Finance Assistant
will be responsible for providing support to the Firm's overseas operations in management accounting, billing, purchase and payments management, as well as providing support on ad-hoc projects including international expansions.
The International Finance Assistant
role reports to the Senior International & Systems Accounting Manager and sits within the Group Financial Reporting & Control team. The International Finance Assistant
will also work closely with the wider Finance teams located overseas.
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Setting up and maintaining matters for overseas entities.
- Setting up and maintaining matter charging rates for overseas entities.
- Raising and amending bills / credit notes and dealing with billing queries for overseas entities.
- Raising payments, disbursements, expense claims and purchase invoices for overseas entities.
- Setting up and processing bank payments for overseas entities.
- Posting cash and allocating to bills for overseas entities.
- Preparing bank reconciliations for overseas entities.
- Assisting in the preparation of general ledger accounting journals (payroll, provisions and adjustments).
- Ensure all financial transactions are recording appropriately in systems, in line with Group accounting policy and local regulations, liaising with external local accountants where appropriate
- Assisting external local accountants with local regulatory requirements and filing of any necessary paperwork on time.
- Assisting external local accountants with preparation of statutory financial year-end accounts for DACB Italia entity.
- Assisting overseas entities with training on financial processes, systems and controls.
- Assisting the Group Financial Accountant with audit queries in relation to the overseas entities.
- Assisting with ad-hoc projects (International expansion, transformation) as and when required.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Key experience and skills required:
- IT literate - experience of working with 3E would be an advantage.
- Good knowledge of Excel.
- Fluent in written and oral English - knowledge of other languages like Spanish, French and Italian would be beneficial.
- Preferably some basic awareness of financial concepts (non-mandatory as full training will be provided).
- Self-starter, keen to take ownership, solve problems, learn and grown.
- Good attention to detail.
- Good communication skills are essential as the role requires liaising with other offices.
- Flexible in terms of a changing environment and workload, and working across multiple time-zones.
- Organised and able to handle multiple demands and meet deadlines simultaneously.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
