Finance Assistant
Rightmove
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Milton Keynes • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Oracle
About the role
- The financial assistant role is specifically within the billing team that generates invoices for all customers (across multiple revenue streams), produces reporting and analysis on revenue and works closely with the other teams, including the commercial finance team, group reporting finance team and the customer services’ invoice support teams.
- Working with the rest of the billing team to ensure that all customers are invoiced correctly each month and it is accurately recorded.
- Preparing month end reporting, analysis of revenue and production of KPIs within tight deadlines
- Month end balance sheet reconciliations
- Inputting into the midmonth forecasting of revenue sent to key stakeholders
- Working closely with the Commercial Finance team to ensure efficient and accurate delivery of price reviews, new product launches and other ad hoc projects
- Assisting with the maintenance of customer pricing in the billing system, ensuring contracts agree with current pricing structures and offers and investigating any discrepancies
- Raising credit notes including the calculation of credit note values and reporting to the business on the monthly credit note position
- Assisting with the migration to new billing systems
- Working closely with the Customer Service Invoicing Support team to assist them in responding to invoicing queries
- Providing valuable data and insights to our sales teams to help them in their discussions with customers
Requirements
- Is a team player with an open, honest and can-do attitude, who is willing to ‘muck in’ to ensure success of the team as a whole
- Is numerate with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
- Has strong Excel skills which include lookups and pivot tables
- Can prioritise and deliver results to strict deadlines, through a proactive approach and ability to manage their workload
- Is curious, with excellent problem solving and investigation skills - and confident in asking questions and utilising the experience of those around them
- Has clear communication – verbal and written
- Has a continuous improvement mindset, always looking to improve current ways of working
- Has a professional and organised approach and is able to review their own work and take responsibility for end results
- Is willing to adapt to the constantly changing needs of the team and the business as a whole
- Has experience in, and proficient skills in, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint, as well as experience using any accounting systems (knowledge of Oracle NetSuite is useful but training will be provided
- Knowledge or experience of Finance systems
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Cash plan for dental, optical, and physio treatments
- Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan
- 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes
- Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in the office
- Contributory stakeholder pension
- Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member other nominated person in your life
- Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption, and fertility
- Travel Loan, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan
- Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching
- Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts, and more
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Excellookupspivot tablesbalance sheet reconciliationsrevenue forecastingKPI productioncredit note calculationbilling system migrationdata analysisfinancial reporting
Soft skills
team playerattention to detailproactiveproblem solvingclear communicationcontinuous improvement mindsetorganisedadaptabilityworkload managementcuriosity