About This Role
We're looking for a part-qualified accountant (AAT fully qualified, or working towards CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with a minimum of 2 years of experience in a financial department and ready to take the next step in her/his career.
As a Fintech with recurrent revenues, significant assets under management and ever-changing accounts payable and receivable, Ooodles needs support to stabilise the daily and weekly accounting processes to allow faster and more reliable month-end consolidation and reporting.
This role will report to the Finance Director, will work directly with the Management Accountant and have a key role in the digitalisation and automation of the financial department using a state-of-the-art Fintech technology stack which also includes MLL modules.
About Ooodles
In the UK, 5 million Small and Medium Enterprises spend a whopping USD 5 billion every year on IT hardware, recycling less than 20% of it. Studies also show that companies lose up to 12% of payroll and productivity due to obsolete IT.
Ooodles is an IT leasing platform for B2B, where SMEs can equip their teams with the latest tech at the click of a button. We aim to transform the way businesses access IT with a one-stop-shop platform and with the most flexible rental terms.
Requirements
Responsibilities
- Transaction processing:
- Posting and authorising all purchase invoices and expenses in the company ERP system and setting up payments for review by the Finance Director
- Monitoring that the company's operating system correctly triggers all sales invoices to be sent to clients and chasing any outstanding debts
- Maintain the accounts payable and receivable ledgers
- Account Reconciliations
- Reconcile bank accounts and ensure discrepancies are identified and resolved
- Reconcile payment platforms, apply payment to customer invoices and ensure discrepancies are identified and resolved
- Assist in reconciling balance sheet accounts across the Group working with the Management Accountant
- Fixed Assets
- Support the management accountant with the maintenance of our Fixed Assets, including additions, disposals/retirements and depreciation
- Data Management
- We are a data-driven organisation and data is critical to good decision making
- Ensure accurate data entry into accounting systems
- Maintain financial records and ensure proper documentation
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Assist in the month-end and annual close processes
- Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts and reports
- Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts
- Perform variance analysis to identify discrepancies and provide explanations
- Support Financial Audits:
- Assist in the preparation of documents and reports for external and internal audits
- Ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures
- VAT Returns
- Assist the Management Accountant with the monthly VAT returns across the group and act as cover
- Compliance and Control
- Adhere to company policies and financial regulations
- Assist in implementing and maintaining internal controls
- Ad-hoc projects
- Support the finance team with various ad-hoc projects and tasks as required
- Assist in the continuous improvement of financial processes
Experience And Skills
- 2 to 3+ years experience in a similar role in either an established company, firm or a similar Scale-up
- Strong in their finance understanding and experience and can collate and analyze data using the most up-to-date IT tools
- Highly numerate and able to understand, interpret and present reports from a variety of sources
- Knowledgeable in the agency business model, products and services
- Clear communicator and able to communicate numbers in a user-friendly way
- Self-motivated, results-oriented, independent worker
- A down-to-earth, good-humoured, kind person, like everyone else at Ooodles eager to learn and have an impact on the business and its clientele base
- Fluent in English
Benefits
What we offer
- A salary in line with the junior level of the position, but growing year on year based on performance and career progression
- An early-stage and fast-moving start-up with highly rated and experienced management team
- A friendly environment where trust, accountability, and learning from our mistakes are values cherished daily
Location
- Ooodles is London-based with an office available for monthly/weekly meetings, but we have a fully remote work policy