Finance Assistant

Are you a maths or finance graduate (or equivalent) looking for their first or second job role? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you based in Farringdon that offers hybrid working.

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to join our friendly, professional team at Seymour.

You will provide the necessary support to the SIL Financial Controller to enable timely and accurate decision-making in relation to cash flow management, the budgeting and forecasting processes, and the successful management of FX transactional exposure.

In addition, the Finance Assistant will produce the costs for the monthly SDL management accounts, including the production of overhead information for both businesses, budgeting and forecasting costs.

Key Accountabilities

• Management of all cashflow forecasting models in Excel
• Monitoring and reporting to management market FX rates
• Monthly reporting against forecast on FX gains/losses
• Liaison with our bankers
• SIL cash books and bank reconciliations
• Overhead variance analysis, detailed commentary, and distribution of monthly management packs for SDL
• Maintenance of overhead schedules and posting of relevant cost journals including prepayments, accruals, cross charges and the monthly payroll journal
• Produce budget and forecast overhead numbers including meeting with budget holders and providing variance analysis and commentary in the budget and forecast reports
• Maintenance of the fixed asset register including calculation and input of depreciation journals, reconciliations and management of capitalisation of assets
• Complete quarterly VAT returns for both businesses, ensuring that the returns are completed accurately and on a timely basis
• Fulfil reporting requirements for the Office of National Statistics
• Process Bauer payroll files and forecast payroll information, maintaining confidentiality
• Overseas distributor risk analysis reporting and modelling
• Accounts Payable support when required
• Ad hoc task as required

Benefits

At the Frontline Group, we offer great training and a range of salary sacrifice flexible benefits which you can select based on your lifestyle; benefit options include private medical insurance, holiday purchase and a tech scheme to name a few.

On top of that, we also offer:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Coaching and mentoring available to all
• Informal hybrid working
• 2 paid days to volunteer for a registered charity
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Essential Skills

• Maths/statistics graduate or equivalent
• Self-motivated
• Sociable/team player
• Forward-thinker with lots of initiative
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Study for professional qualification (study support available)
• Excel spreadsheet experience
• Commercial acumen

Please state your salary expectations when applying for this role.

About Company

The Frontline Group is made up of Frontline, Seymour, Gold Key Media and Routes to Retail. We're the UK's leading retail sales, marketing and distribution company working predominantly in the exciting and diverse areas of publishing and home entertainment.

Our key clients include publishers of iconic magazine brands such as Radio Times, Good Housekeeping, TV Choice, Heat, Top Gear, Grazia, Vogue, Slimming World, Cosmopolitan, Empire, National Geographic and 100's more. We also work with major film studios managing their DVD presence within the grocery retail channel and are growing our reach in categories such as books and music with further category expansions on the horizon.

As a distributor, we work closely with UK and international retailers, wholesale, international distributors and other parts of the supply chain to ensure our clients' sales, retail marketing and distribution objectives are met. Through our brand targeting and audience engagement agency Gold Key Media, we develop sampling and marketing solutions and we manage brand placement activities in the events, travel and hospitality sectors across the world.

The Frontline Group is owned by two of the world's leading publishing companies, Bauer Media and Immediate Media Company (Hubert Burda Media). This will provide opportunities to grow your career across a number of different businesses and functions including brand marketing, sales, analytics, insight, finance, IT services, supply chain and publishing. We strongly believe in developing our people and have a great track record of supporting and coaching our colleagues, who have then gone on to grow their careers within our business.

Our teams are made up of the most talented and widely respected people in our industry and are seen as the experts in their fields. At the Frontline Group, we celebrate our differences and ensure everyone feels welcome, trusted and valued for being their authentic selves.

Bring 'You' to the interview

Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. We want to make sure that our selection processes are transparent and fair, providing a level playing field for anyone who wants to come and work with us. Therefore, if you require any adjustments to an interview process, please feel free to get in touch with jacky.de- or who will be happy to discuss your needs in complete confidence.

All our roles offer a hybrid working option, combining in-office and remote/home working.

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