Finance Assistant
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £34,000 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 26 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Central London, London |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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STEP is a global professional body, with more than 22,000 members comprising lawyers, accountants, trustees and other practitioners that help families plan for their futures. We have a vacancy in our Finance Team for a Finance Assistant to cover a one-year maternity leave period.
If you are interested in joining a well-established global professional organisation as part of a small friendly team who deliver professional finance support to colleagues, members and other stakeholders then read on!
At STEP our mission is to inspire confidence in families planning their assets across generations by setting and upholding high professional standards, informing public policy, promoting education, and connecting practitioners globally to share knowledge and best practice.
Full STEP members, known as TEPs, are internationally recognised as experts in their field, with proven qualifications and experience. Find out more here!
This small friendly team of three colleagues looks after all finance matters relating to STEP, including all statutory requirements. This includes the purchase ledger function, which includes inputting invoices and expense claims and setting up and processing payments of such, as well as company credit card expenditure. This role manages sales ledger, including the creation of invoices, processing receipts and credit control for conferences and events. The team as a whole manage the annual membership subscription process, collecting and reconciling 20,000+ subscription payments each year.
This role focuses on the Sales Ledger function, which crosses multiple accounting and CRM platforms, and works closely with our Membership & Events teams.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Create, update and maintain accurate customer records & nominal codes
• Raise and process accurate sales invoices and credit notes
• Timely allocation of customer payments, received into multiple currency bank accounts, to various platforms
• Reconciliation of online payments received to various platforms.
• Management of Direct Debit collections
• Resolve invoice and payment queries with members, customers and internal teams
• Credit Control – monitoring outstanding balances and following up with customers on overdue payments, to an agreed timetable
• Working closely with the events team to update & amend event bookings, ensuring data consistency and resolving any discrepancies promptly.
• Liaison with our external Education Partners to reconcile monthly reports/produce invoices in a timely manner
• Production of VAT invoices on behalf of STEP branches, processing receipts and ensuring net payments forwarded to the branch.
• Prepare and post journals Completion of monthly bank reconciliations for GBP and Currency bank accounts for multiple currency bank accounts
• Production/manipulation of reports from various systems to assist with event/month/year end reporting as and when required.
• Supporting the Purchase Ledger role as and when required
To succeed in this role you will need to be able to demonstrate that you have:
• Proven experience in a sales ledger or accounts receivable role
• Proven experience in credit control processes
• A strong level of Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Experience of working with finance and CRM systems
• Articulate manner with excellent communication and customer service skills
• Strong numerical accuracy, with excellent attention to detail
If you are interested in joining a well-established global professional organisation as part of a small friendly team who deliver professional finance support to colleagues, members and other stakeholders then read on!
At STEP our mission is to inspire confidence in families planning their assets across generations by setting and upholding high professional standards, informing public policy, promoting education, and connecting practitioners globally to share knowledge and best practice.
Full STEP members, known as TEPs, are internationally recognised as experts in their field, with proven qualifications and experience. Find out more here!
This small friendly team of three colleagues looks after all finance matters relating to STEP, including all statutory requirements. This includes the purchase ledger function, which includes inputting invoices and expense claims and setting up and processing payments of such, as well as company credit card expenditure. This role manages sales ledger, including the creation of invoices, processing receipts and credit control for conferences and events. The team as a whole manage the annual membership subscription process, collecting and reconciling 20,000+ subscription payments each year.
This role focuses on the Sales Ledger function, which crosses multiple accounting and CRM platforms, and works closely with our Membership & Events teams.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Create, update and maintain accurate customer records & nominal codes
• Raise and process accurate sales invoices and credit notes
• Timely allocation of customer payments, received into multiple currency bank accounts, to various platforms
• Reconciliation of online payments received to various platforms.
• Management of Direct Debit collections
• Resolve invoice and payment queries with members, customers and internal teams
• Credit Control – monitoring outstanding balances and following up with customers on overdue payments, to an agreed timetable
• Working closely with the events team to update & amend event bookings, ensuring data consistency and resolving any discrepancies promptly.
• Liaison with our external Education Partners to reconcile monthly reports/produce invoices in a timely manner
• Production of VAT invoices on behalf of STEP branches, processing receipts and ensuring net payments forwarded to the branch.
• Prepare and post journals Completion of monthly bank reconciliations for GBP and Currency bank accounts for multiple currency bank accounts
• Production/manipulation of reports from various systems to assist with event/month/year end reporting as and when required.
• Supporting the Purchase Ledger role as and when required
To succeed in this role you will need to be able to demonstrate that you have:
• Proven experience in a sales ledger or accounts receivable role
• Proven experience in credit control processes
• A strong level of Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Experience of working with finance and CRM systems
• Articulate manner with excellent communication and customer service skills
• Strong numerical accuracy, with excellent attention to detail