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Accounts Assistant

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Junior
In-Office
London, Greater London, England, GBR
Junior
Support the European Finance team with accounts receivable, cash receipts, expense claim processing, balance sheet reconciliations, fixed asset monitoring, reporting, journal entries, collections support, and cross-team assistance while improving processes and mastering accounting software.
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Your Role

As a Gensler Accounts Assistant for our European region, you will be a proactive team player within the Finance team.  You will be successful because you are highly organised and financially rigorous, analytical and with an excellent attention to detail.  Join a team of highly creative, collaborative colleagues to ensure our work is financially sound.

What You Will Do

  • Processing Cash Receipts
  • Accounts Receivable reporting
  • Assist with Collections
  • Assist with the processing the weekly employee expense claims
  • Balance Sheet Reconciliations
  • To assist with our Project Accountants on Reimbursable Back-up
  • To assist Accounts Payable with various monthly tasks
  • Monitoring and reconciliation of Fixed Assets
  • Produce and communicate various weekly reports
  • Assist with any general data entry (Journal Entries, etc)
  • Be proactive in streamlining processes and improving internal control procedures
  • Develop understanding of our accounting software so that you are seen as an expert and a resource to staff
  • Cross-train and work closely with other team members so that we function as a cohesive and high performing team. Assist the team with any ad-hoc projects or analyses.

Your Qualifications

  • 2-3 years’ experience of general accounting
  • Relevant Accounting certification a plus
  • Experience of dealing with foreign currencies
  • Experience in financial analysis, accounting required
  • Strong research and analysis skills
  • Excellent working knowledge of advanced Excel and other MS tools.
  • Knowledge of Deltek Vantagepoint and Tableau is a plus.
  • Willingness to learn and to try new things
  • Financial rigour, analytical ability and attention to detail
  • Effective communication skills (written, verbal and presentation)
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and communicate with all level stakeholders

Life at Gensler

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension and twice annual bonus opportunities. 

As part of the firm’s commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programmes as strategic investments in our future.

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Gensler London, England Office

Moretown, London, United Kingdom, E1W 1YW

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