Finance Assistant

Benifex

  • Southampton
  • £25,000-27,500 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
Who are Benifex? 💚💜We are a fast-moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the world. We believe that everyone deserves an exceptional experience at work, every day, and build workplace technology that makes this happen. Benifex's mission is to build remarkable experiences that employees love. Today Benifex supports more than five million employees in over 3,000 organisations across more than 100 countries. To help us on our quest to be the best, we need brilliant people on board and that's where you come in. 🚀Why should you apply? 🌟
  • Ownership & Impact - A chance to be responsible for the revenue schedules for the regulate side of our business.
  • Process Improvement - Have the freedom to define and create better processes.
  • Training - We will support you in furthering your finance career and qualifications (AAT/CIMA)
  • Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 and Technology award winner
  • Work for a profitable, fast-growing market leader in the online reward and benefits space
**Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship and require to people to be based in the UK or Ireland for this position**Great benefits:💰 £25,000-27,500🤸 Flexible work - choose a working setup that works for you, our only ask is to see you once a month in the office and you must be based in the UK or Ireland.💸 Full access to our comprehensive benefits package, including discounts from hundreds of high street brands, salary sacrifice schemes across Finance, Health, Tech, and more✈️ 25 days holiday plus your local bank holidays🎂 Your birthday off❤️ Two half day wellbeing days🩺 Healthcare cash plan to cover the costs of day-to-day healthcare🧠 Employee Assistance Plan 24/7 365 support🤒 Income Protection (75%) and life assurance (4x salary)💰 Referral bonuses🌟 Enhanced parental leave package - 26 weeks fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave✈️ Work from Anywhere policy for 90 days🏖️ Buy and Sell scheme for holidays💳 £50 monthly allowance to spend on whatever takes your fancy, your very own Benifex card will be topped up at the start of each monthRole Overview 🚀The Finance Assistant position reports to the Management Accountant and will be responsible for ensuring the accurate, and timely processing of revenue and costs. Whilst the role is primarily focused on revenue and costs, the role offers exposure to various finance functions including Credit Control.Responsibilities 🤘
  • Responsible for ensuring all revenue is accurately processed.
  • Full ownership of the Revenue and Billing Contract files, ensuring all contracts are accurately reflected.
  • Complete month end activities, including full reconciliation of all invoicing and commission payments, processing of month end and year end journals within the deadlines.
  • Ensuring all revenue is recognised in line with revenue recognition policy / standards.
  • Taking ownership of internal and external queries effectively and efficiently.
  • Continuing to seek improvements to processes and leverage technology for automation.
  • Providing weekly revenue updates to senior management team.
  • Supporting in the creation of monthly board packs.
  • Supporting with audit external audit queries.
What are we looking for? 🔎
  • Someone from a finance background, who has an understanding of revenue recognition/ accruals/ balance sheets etc
  • Experience working in Corporate Finance teams
  • Knowledge of using accounting software, ideally NetSuite
  • Proficient in Excel (including lookups and pivot tables).
  • Attention to detail, with an ability to spot numerical errors
  • Professional with a positive outlook, "can do" attitude.
  • An adaptable and flexible team worker willing to undertake a wide range of activities and responsibilities as required by the role.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact professionally with personnel at all levels of the organisation.
Ideal experience:
  • Understanding of insurance broking and how commission works
Even if you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply! We are looking for talented and passionate individuals who are eager to learn and grow. We also offer a variety of other roles, so please check out our to see if there is something else that might be a good fit for you.Our interview process✌ Benifex understands the need to have a fast and efficient process, the below will all be completed in the shortest time possible.📞 Initial informal call with the Talent team🧪 Online tests in numeracy and logical reasoning⏳ Interview with the hiring manager and a member of the team🤩 Final interview with the DirectorWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to our success, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.We are a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during the recruitment process, please let us know with your application.

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