Finance Assistant at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure timely reconciliations of all TBI bank accounts both UK and overseas including petty cash/foreign currencies/ in country trackers/credit cards/prepaid cards (e.g. Caxton)
• Liaise with bankers for queries, e.g. payment queries
• Process supplier invoices in the accounting systems accurately and efficiently, check authorisations and prepare payments to suppliers, in accordance with relevant TBI policies & KYC process, payment allocation. Reconcile all supplier accounts regularly
• Process required payments ensuring correct authorisation
• Ensure all entries are posted with the correct VAT coding
• Mange your own workload to meet team deadlines for month end and offer support to other team members
• Check receipts and accurate recording of staff expenses reimbursement in accordance with TBI expenses policy
• Other duties including filing of Financial records/data accurately, and any reasonable duties required by the Management Accountant and/or senior management team

Person Specification:

• A qualification in a finance background or equivalent demonstrable experience, and fundamental knowledge and understanding of accountancy
• Experience of general accounting – eg. Debit vs Credit entries, Purchase Ledger, Reconciliations
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills essential
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills
• A collaborative and supportive team-player, with demonstrable experience in working as part of a team
• Great interpersonal skills - able to establish good cross departmental working relationships
• Great time management skills
• Ability to articulate verbally and by written presentation, and toto express complex ideas in a clear and straightforward way
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritise against tight deadlines
• Customer service/experience focused - flexible & adaptable approach
• A flexible approach – you’ll be open to taking on unfamiliar tasks and learning new skills
• Enthusiastic, self-driven, ambitious and always seeking continuous improvement
• Experience of the demands of working within a growing business advantageous.
• Experience of working with Sage 200 a plus
• Demonstrate discretion working with sensitive information.
• A keen interest in our work as an Institute, expansion and sharing of knowledge and personal development