Temp Assistant Accountant

• FTSE100 business
• Temp contract for 3-6 months

Summary of Role
This is a fantastic opportunity for a part qualified accountant to join a dynamic finance team supporting the business. Located within the Leicestershire Head Office, the Cash Accounting team is responsible for delivering finance support to key stakeholders across the business for a variety of purposes including;

• Producing insightful reporting for key Business Stakeholders
• Cash flow monitoring and 3rd party management
• Supporting systems projects to deliver customer improvements
• Analysis of new payment options performance
• Supporting the onboarding of new Total Platform partners

Key Responsibilities:

Finance Management

• Responsibility for International customer payments c. £0.6bn pa
• Ownership of tender reconciliations, ensure discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner
• Accountable for P&L charges c. £15m pa, and FX postings

  3rd Party Management

• Day to Day Management of our 3rd party payment providers - Worldpay, Amex, PayPal, Klarna - to ensure they operate successfully and in accordance with our contracted service levels
• Ensure smooth onboarding of new Total Platform partners international websites by ensuring we receive and can reconcile settlements.

  Analysis and reporting

• Provide ad-hoc analysis by manipulating and presenting data using sophisticated Excel models or SQL, such as analysing the success of new project launches
• Monitor & assess key performance statistics daily, such as accept rates and cash flow, and report on issues to management

  Business Support

• Provide support to marketing, commercial finance, risk & fraud and operational teams
• To be reactive and flexible in response to issues and new developments in a fast growing and high profile area of the business

About you:

• A proactive Part qualified accountant CIMA/ACCA/ACA with proven experience of working in a large company
• The ability to work productively, efficiently and effectively, maintaining attention to detail and quality
• Strong problem solving skills and the ability to think outside the box
• Ability to self motivate in a fast pace challenging and demanding environment with changing priorities
• Proven ability to plan and prioritise workloads whilst working to strict deadlines
• Can effectively communicate both orally and in writing and have the ability to influence and constructively challenge
• Strong control skills
• Exceptional working knowledge of MS Office (esp. MS Excel) suite of products, Google G Suite is desirable
• SQL & Microsoft SSMS is experience is desirable