Accounts Assistant (3943)

We make it our mission to ensure more genuine people have digital access to opportunities, and businesses have access to more genuine people. Our technology draws on diverse and reliable data to create a single point of truth for identity and address verification.

With over 30 years of experience behind us our team and technology are focused on enabling safe and rewarding digital lives for everyone. Regardless of age, location or background, genuine people everywhere should be able to digitally prove who they are and where they live.

GBG Finance Team

Our finance team is central to the success of the business. Our aim is to proactively drive business value through informed and insightful decision making. We work in partnership with the business and are agile and responsive to business needs, whilst maintaining a transparent system of effective standards, processes and controls. To support this goal, we strive to have the best highly engaged finance professionals in our team. We ask for high performance, but we offer high support, high reward, and an opportunity to grow and excel in finance.
Accounts Assistant

The role reports into the Finance Manager (Overheads) and work closely with the rest of the Overheads team. Overall, you will be responsible for approving requisitions & invoices, running prepayments and accrual, as well as reviewing costs by Business Unit, Function and Personnel.

• Review requisitions and invoices as they come into our procurement system, ensuring they have been tagged and allocated correctly
• Manage accruals & prepayments to ensure that the run-rates are accurate
• Provide reports & analysis each month for the Finance Business Partners on their Business Unit costs
• Post ad hoc bank receipts and payments to the general ledger
• Reconcile the relevant Overheads balance sheet ledgers each month
• Manage the general ledger for two small entities within the group – one in Europe, and another in America
• Reviewing intercompany balances each month and settling the outstanding amounts via bank transfers
• There is also potential to be involved with the group’s cashflow as we consider future options for banking systems, if resources allow

• Background in Finance or Accounting – either through experience or study
• Attention to detail, as the role will be responsible for reviewing invoices against accruals or prepayments
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, to ensure that tasks are completed on time and by priority
• Confident communicating detailed financial information in a succinct manner, for distribution across the group
• A proactive team member, who can work independently – whilst still communicating regularly
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel
• A self-motivated individual, who is eager to learn and grow as the role continues to develop – support for professional study is available

As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. Please inform your GBG Talent Attraction Partner if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview process.

To chat to the Talent Attraction team and find out more about our benefits and why we’re a great place to work, drop an email to [email protected] and we’ll be in touch. You can also find out more about careers at GBG and check out our current opportunities at gbgplc.com/careers.