Location: Bloomsbury, London (5 days per week in studio)
Hours: 9am – 5:30pm
Closing Date: Wednesday 1st July
Recruitment Process & Timeline
We aim to make our recruitment process clear, inclusive, and respectful of your time. While timelines may vary depending on the role and number of applicants, our typical process is as follows:
- Application review: within 2 weeks of closing date
- Telephone interview: within 1 week of application review
- In-person interview: scheduled within 1 week of the telephone interview
- Trial day: arranged within 1 week of the in-person interview
- Final decision: communicated within 1 week of the trial day
Overview
Our company is London’s fastest-growing portfolio of international award-winning brands. We deliver world-class interior design services to a global client base and continue to grow our operations both in the UK and internationally.
We are looking for an organised, detail-oriented Finance Coordinator to join our finance team in our Bloomsbury studio.
This role is ideal for someone with finance or accounts experience who enjoys working with numbers, solving problems and ensuring financial information is accurate and up to date. The position will focus primarily on supporting the day-to-day running of the finance function, with particular emphasis on accounts payable, reconciliations, supplier management and finance administration.
This is a hands-on role where accuracy, organisation and follow-through are essential. You will work closely with the Management Accountant and wider finance team to ensure invoices, payments and financial records are processed efficiently and correctly.
For the right candidate, there will be opportunities to develop into broader accounting responsibilities, including month-end support, journals, reporting and project accounting.
Responsibilities (including but not limited to)
- Managing finance inboxes and responding to supplier and internal queries
- Processing accounts payable and accounts receivable invoices accurately and efficiently (Dynamics 365)
- Logging and tracking payment requests via Monday.com
- Performing daily and weekly bank reconciliations
- Investigating and resolving supplier statement differences and account discrepancies
- Following up on purchase orders, missing invoices and invoice queries
- Chasing copy invoices and resolving missing documentation
- Escalating issues and proactively following up with internal stakeholders
- Supporting payment runs and maintaining accurate records
- Ensuring financial data is entered accurately into Business Central and other systems
- Working closely with internal teams to resolve finance-related queries
- Assisting with month-end activities and journals as experience develops
- Supporting rebate reporting, rental renewals and cash card processes as experience develops
- Supporting ongoing improvements to finance processes, controls and system accuracy
Requirements
Essential:
- 1-3 years’ experience within a finance, accounts payable, accounts receivable or finance administration role
- Experience processing invoices and managing financial records accurately
- Reconciliation experience, including bank or supplier reconciliations
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Confident communicator who is comfortable following up with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Experience using ERP/accounting systems
- Strong Excel skills
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
- Positive team player with a proactive attitude, mature mindset and strong sense of accountability
- Interest in progressing within a long-term finance career
Desirable:
- Experience using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Power BI exposure or reporting experience
- Studying AAT/ACCA/CIMA or interest in future studies
- Experience supporting month-end processes and journals
- Experience within a fast-paced SME environment
- Experience managing supplier queries, PO discrepancies and payment follow-ups
Benefits
- 20 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure), increasing to 25 days with length of service
- Bupa Cashplan (once probation passed)
- Perkbox (once probation passed)
- Free tea, coffee and fruit in the office
- Monday morning team breakfast
- £10 Friday lunch allowance when working in the studio
- Early finish every Friday
- Summer hours
- Cycle to Work Scheme and Nursery Scheme
- Private Bupa Healthcare (after 2 years’ service)
- Monthly team fun budgets
Plus much more… please visit our website for full perks! – https://www.agofc.com/careers
As a Certified B-Corp company, AGC are committed to reaching high social and environmental performance. Our values and responsibilities are part of all crew member job descriptions. We all take ownership for our commitment and playing our part in our never-ending journey towards sustainability and being a force for good.
As an equal opportunities employer, AGC is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and become part of the AGC team.
