Part time Finance Officer/Bookkeeper for a Promotional Merchandise Agency b

at  The Sourcing Team

Leaderpromos, a top 40 US promotional merchandise agency of over 120 professionals based around the globe. Leaderpromos is partnered with The Sourcing Team in UK and Europe to source ethical and sustainable promotional merchandise for some of the UK’s Europe leading organisations to support retail, marketing and employee activity.
We focus and values are Sustainable and ethical approach - Innovative thinking - Acting with integrity - Passion and enthusiasm - Thriving together across the globe. We are a B Corp and hold EcoVadis Platinum in the UK putting us in the top 1%.

THE CANDIDATE

· Highly numerate with the ability to understand financial information and processes.
· Have worked within a financial related post/sector/role with minimum of 5 years’ experience.
· Previous use of accounting software.
· Relevant financial qualification or equivalent experience and min Grade 5 maths and English.
· Excellent IT skills and confident using Outlook, Excel, Word.
· Strong organisation ability able to prioritise workload to meet deadlines and information requests.
· Focused administration and planning skills with excellent attention to detail.
· Ability to create accurate and meaningful reports.
· Able to communicate professionally and effectively, both verbally and in writing with suppliers and clients.
· Understands the critical role of finance on the running of the company.
· Ability and willingness to be part of the team and help team members understand the role of finance.
Leaderpromos and The Sourcing Team are continually looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences to join our team. We believe that the diversity of our team helps create a culture of teamwork, collaboration and innovation and makes the difference to our business. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

THE ROLE

This role will be responsible for day to day finances working with the external accountants, internal buyers and sales as well as the CEO across UK and European markets as well as our Leaderpromos US partners and their finance team.

REPORTING AND OTHER DUTIES

· Full use of Xero accounting software.
· Month end report and reconciliation.
· Bank liaison.
· Process employee expenses.
· Annual schedule and payment of utilities, memberships, accreditations etc.