Financial Services Assistant - Lal Capital

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Ideas | People | Trust We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We’ll broaden your horizons Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate – like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you’ll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you’ll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm. We’ll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. In this challenging and rewarding role you'll: * Conduct regular face-to-face meetings with stakeholders regarding their debt portfolios * Monitor queries and disputes, ensure the appropriate escalation * Ensure consistent application of the firm’s debt provisioning policy * Ensure that the debtors ledger contains minimal adjustments and where appropriate that overpayments or payments on account are properly returned, applied or cleared * Ensure that there are minimal unallocated cash receipts * Enforce consistent BDO credit control procedures * Review and analyse aged debt against defined metrics * Actively chase all overdue debt within the allotted portfolio and update Partners/Managers as appropriate * Maintain accurate and up to date client notes following conversations with clients, using Workday to record status * Prepare daily / weekly / monthly summary reports * Identify problem debts that require escalation and liaise with Credit Control Manager as appropriate * Where necessary, engage and manage the process of debts that need to go legal * Ensure that bills raised are sent out to clients in a timely manner * Work with the accounts receivable team in respect of cash receipts and remittance details to aid effective and accurate allocation * Ongoing liaison with other credit controllers across the Firm as required (including attending monthly conference calls) * Ensure that credit notes are processed correctly, monitoring reasons for credit notes being raised * Provide client base with monthly statements of account as appropriate * Prepare manual excel template statements when required * Produce copy bills or summary backup if required for clients Requirements * * Professional services experience * Workday experience would be preferred. * Finance and/or Credit Control background. * Excel skills to a competent level. * Supervisory experience of a team. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to present confidently and convincingly to management * Strong interpersonal skills with ability to both motivate individuals and deal professionally with performance issues * Commitment to delivering exceptional client service to internal and external stakeholders You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We’re in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO. We’re looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better. #TJ-JB1 #LI-JB1

JOB TITLE: Finance Support Officer (Part Time) REPORTS TO TITLE: Finance Support Supervisor BUSINESS FUNCTION/ SUB-FUNCTION: Finance LOCATION: London Bow Road ROLE PURPOSE: The Finance Support Officer reports to the Finance Support Supervisor and is responsible for supporting students with their Student Finance applications during the admissions and enrolment processes. You will need to ensure students have regular access to support and enquiries are responded to within the agreed SLAs. You will need to ensure the relevant records and systems are updated accurately and timely and will be providing high quality customer service delivery throughout the student life cycle. ROLE and RESPONSIBILITIES: • Support students and assist with their student finance application before, during and after enrolment by providing prompt and accurate advice to their enquiries., • Assist students in making their applications to Student Finance via online or paper application forms., • Manage all Student Finance aspects of the admission processes related to undergraduate and postgraduate recruitment., • Coordinate with the relevant departments to resolve student’s queries and liaise with external partners and stakeholders to resolve student queries., • Respond to student’s queries via email and SysAid ticketing system, • Offer advice to students, colleagues and partners in accordance with GBS policies and procedures relating to all aspects of student finance, charging and liability., • Be competent and proficient to offer advice on current funding regulations and compliance to ensure students are accurately informed of funding implications, • Provide in person assistance to students at service desks, communicate through various means and channels as required to provide assistance and guidance, • Attend enrolment sessions and complete relevant financial processes, • Become proficient in GBS systems and software relevant to the role, • Experience working in finance operations or customer service, • A high degree of computer literacy (particularly Microsoft Office applications), • Effective time management and planning, • Ability to work independently and as part of a team, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, • Strong decision making and problem-solving skills DESIRABLE SKILLS and EXPERIENCE: • Student experience and working knowledge of HEI sector, • Degree level qualification, • HEI finance experience OTHER INFORMATION: The Finance Support Officer will also be expected to demonstrate their commitment: • to GBS values and regulations, including equal opportunities policy., • to GBS’s Social, Economic and Environmental responsibilities and minimise environmental impact in the performance of the role and actively contribute to the delivery of GBS’s Environmental Policy.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Manager to join a large Public Sector Body on a 1 year FTC.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Financial Operations Lead will oversee all processing and reconciliation of financial transactions, accruals and prepayments, as well as VAT returns, and all day-to-day banking, credit card and investment matters. Financial Transactions - support AP process