Finance Assistant

We currently have a rare and exciting opportunity in our Finance function to help impact every renter in the UK through highly rewarding work. Join us on our mission to create a world of deposit-free renting!

We expect more people to rent than ever before. That's why we believe renting should be more affordable and accessible. We are a young and innovative startup company solving an affordability problem by offering deposit-free renting to millions of tenants across the UK - with lots more exciting stuff to come.

We're all about connecting people, and in order to provide the best service possible while creating incredible relationships along the way, we need a Finance Assistant to join the team who will strive to make our finance function run as smoothly as possible.

As part of the infrastructure team at flatfair, you'll be an integral part of our business - managing the day to day accounting and finance functions while providing a world class experience to internal stakeholders and external partners.

What you'll do:

• Assisting in the day-to-day running of Financial Operations within flatfair, including (but not limited to) bank reconciliations, day to day bookkeeping, accounts payable, banking, billing and credit control.
• Be responsible for helping to prepare month-end reporting, as well as ad-hoc project work.
• Accounts payable
• Handling invoice payments
• Chasing invoice approval from relevant parties
• Dealing with supplier queries as appropriate
• Reviewing staff expenses
• Making payments of purchase invoices and staff expenses
• Preparing weekly bank reports
• Billing – raising invoices
• Credit control – ensure that monies due are received on time
• Assisting with process improvement/streamlining

Who you are:

• Essential
• Part-qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Previous experience working in industry
• Previous experience of using Xero
• Desired
• Start-up/scale-up experience

What's in it for you:

• Whatever gear you need to best do your thing (PC / Mac/ iphone / S9)
• Holidays: 25 days holiday a year (plus UK public holidays), and we encourage you to use them all up!
• Learning and training: We'll contribute towards training courses and conferences that help you learn and grow professionally and personally
• Personal development: Following a motivating career path, we value growth from within the business and encourage people to step up.

Please note, that while this role is remote we will require the job holder to come in to the office at least one day per month.