Finance Assistant
Buro Happold has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our team in Bath.
The newly established role is crucial for advancing our Future Finance Strategy, driving continuous growth, and supporting our comprehensive 6-year business plan.
Our dedicated business service team will offer vital support to the Global Finance team, which operates across five regions (UK, Europe, India, Middle East, and US) and includes over 90 finance professionals.
We are looking for individuals with excellent communication skills and a genuine passion for making a positive impact while providing outstanding customer service to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
This role will be dynamic and varied, initially concentrating on centralising high-volume finance tasks, with opportunities to engage in broader finance transformation programmes.
This role is ideal for someone who is either new to finance or has some experience in a similar administrative or transactional position.
Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.
Your next role
Join us and be surrounded by exceptional opportunities in an environment alive with innovation and possibility. Your new team has a willingness and curiosity to see possibility and potential in everything – from the most iconic projects to our everyday conversations.
We are looking for a passionate candidate who can inspire and motivate at every level.
Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, excellent learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset that will allow you to thrive.
You’ll be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter. Buro Happold is committed to doing the right thing, even when that’s the hardest thing. This is a genuine opportunity to make impact - and leave real legacy.
Key duties:
- To manage the monthly invoicing and receipting of inter-company invoices.
- Collaborate with the Regional Finance and Project teams to facilitate project closures.
- Supporting the UK Accounts Payable team to:
- Register incoming supplier invoices.
- Process employee expense claims and ensure adherence to the expense policy.
- Assisting with the completion of balance sheet reconciliations.
- Assisting with posting recharges from the centre to regional legal entities
- To actively support and advocate for the continuous development of Shared Business Services initiatives.
Your skills and experience:
- Dynamic and Effective Communicator.
- Collaborative team player, adept at thriving in high-volume business environments.
- Eager to learn and enthusiastic about mastering new processes.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent numeracy skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially email and Excel.
- Previous experience in an office setting, particularly in accounts payable or other transactional roles, is advantageous.
- GCSEs in Maths and English at grade B (5-6) or higher.
- Ideally pursuing or interested in undertaking AAT training.
What we offer:
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance and income protection.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
- 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.
Apply today and be a part of our legacy. -C
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
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