Finance Administrator

Job description

AutoReq ID

131997BR

Job Title

Finance Administrator

Country

United Kingdom

Location

London

Function

KPMG Business Services

Service Line

Finance

Service Line Information

With a turnover in excess of £1.5 billion and a payroll of close to 16,000 partners and staff across UK offices, our Finance team covers a huge spectrum of work. It spans everything from being closely involved in supporting the organisation's business strategy to tightly managing critical business functions like employee payroll, expenses, accounts payable and billing.

KPMG Overview

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Pensions, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

Job Description

Job Title: Finance Administrator
Location: London
Hours of Work: 09:30 – 17:30
Grade: E
Role Type: Permanent

Reporting to the Finance Manager and Senior Finance Administrator, the Finance Assistant will provide support to the relevant business team to help drive business performance.

Key responsibilities may include:

- Involvement in all aspects of the Engagement Review process, including:
- preparation for meetings and providing necessary reports,
- conducting robust meetings to help manage Lock-up and address KPIs
- following up and assisting on action points and escalating any issues appropriately.
- Supporting the business in complex billing activities including:
- Summarising and analysing WIP reports to enable managers in the business to make billing decisions;
- Producing invoices for complex final fees and credit notes
- Deal with split / overseas / interoffice feenote and VAT queries.
- Clearing suspense codes on a timely basis as per business guidelines
- Supporting the release of Engagement codes, ensuring pricing rules and sign-off have been adhered to pre-release and that the code set-up is logical and consistent with functional rules
- Feeding back any issues, trends and concerns, where policy is not being followed or where changes to practices would bring improvements

Personal skills

- The successful candidate is likely to have/be able to demonstrate:-
- An affinity for working with numbers
- Resilience when meeting opposition
- An ability to work with people across a spectrum of grades/seniority
- Confidence to raise perceived problems or inefficiencies
- Calmness under pressure
- Ownership of own performance and self awareness to recognise areas for development
- Team working
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to adapt to new systems and procedures

Qualifications and Experience

- The role is ideal for a school leaver or recent graduate who is looking for a position that introduces them to a Corporate environment
- Qualification to A-Level or equivalent standard a requirement
- In order for the candidate to gain the most from this opportunity it is envisaged that they will be in this role for a minimum of two years

Our Deal

If the chance to work with interesting clients and innovative technology wasn’t rewarding enough, we’ll motivate you in other ways too. At KPMG you can expect real responsibilities and opportunities to grow professionally.

‘Our Deal’ sets out all the different ways you’ll be rewarded at KPMG. Among other things you can benefit from honest conversations about your career as well as a range of other rewards. In all these ways and more, we have created an environment that can bring out the best in you.

Flexible Working

While some of our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, we are supportive where possible of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands.

We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Furthermore, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly so you can understand from them what our culture is like.

Applying with a Disability

KPMG are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we seek to attract and retain the best people from the widest possible talent pool. As a member of the Business Disability Forum we're committed to ensuring that you are treated fairly throughout our Recruitment Process. Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require, with your recruitment contact.

KPMG's commitment to diversity

KPMG consistently features in the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for, which has been recognised with a special achievement award to mark our 10 years in the Top 25. We are proud of the value we place on individuality; we want you to bring your full self to work and truly maximise your potential. We believe that your individuality helps us to deliver the best results for our clients. Diversity of background, diversity of experience, diversity of perspective - that's the KPMG difference. But, don't take our word for it, find out more about diversity at KPMG.

Returning to work after a break

At KPMG, we appreciate that returning to work after an extended career break can be daunting. We understand that those with experience who have taken a career break have a wealth of experience and knowledge to offer our organisation, which helps us to achieve our business goals. We will support you to refresh your skills, develop your confidence and provide a supportive network across the firm to help you best integrate into the working environment. This role welcomes applications for individuals who have been out of work for 18 months or more and who have previous relevant experience.

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