Billion Dollar Boy Hiring for Global Finance Assistant Job at London, England Full Time

Job Overview

The finance department is an integral part of the business, ensuring the agency is profitable and information is prepared in a timely manner. The Global Finance Assistant role is vital to the effective and profitable operation of the agency, and its importance in running an efficient business cannot be underestimated.

As the Finance Assistant at BDB, you’ll assist the Client Finance Manager and Commercial Finance Manager in the day to day running of the accounting function for the Global business – raising sales invoices, input and reconciliation of supplier invoices and bank reconciliations. All with the highest attention to detail and accuracy across all processes. You will take full ownership for your tasks and be proactive in identifying smarter ways to work.

Role & Responsibilities

• Daily processing purchase invoices in Xero, ensuring automatic link to Salesforce opportunity has happened

• Managing Spendesk and all expenses submitted through the platform. Ensuring accuracy and checking VAT receipts

• Posting of employee Spendesk expenses into Xero, our accounting software

• Reconciling supplier statements to ensure all costs have been captured before month end close

• Managing the process and setting up of new suppliers. Ensuring that all due diligence has been completed

• Raise FX POs

• Monitor AP email inbox and respond to queries

• Sending remittances to all suppliers

• Raising of client invoices through Salesforce and Xero, ensuring all information has been capture and GP/COS split is correct

• Ensuring all client billing is prepared with any agreed billing schedules

• Credit Control

• Bank reconciliations

• Any other ad hoc duties

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years experience

• IT literate and good understanding of G-Suite

• Looking to/currently studying towards an accountancy qualification

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, to your internal team and suppliers

• Exceptional attention to detail

• Adept at building relationships at all levels

• High level of organisation with brilliant multi-tasking skills to manage multiple projects and deadlines so we deliver on time

• Cool and calm when working under pressure along with the ability to anticipate – and solve – problems

• Ability to produce work to a high standard quickly and professionally

• Good team player – collaborative but also a good self-starter, able to work independently

• Ability and confidence to support and educate staff (both within the team, and the wider business) to understand our financial procedures

• Compelling ‘can do’ attitude

About Billion Dollar Boy

Billion Dollar Boy (BDB) is the global creative agency for the influencer age, with offices in London, New York and New Orleans. BDB harnesses the exceptional creativity of global content creators and connects them with the world’s most creative brands to deliver first-class influencer marketing campaigns. We were founded to specialise in influencer marketing, we view it as a discipline, not an add-on.

We are a Financial Times 1000 Fastest Growing Company & AdWeek Fastest Growing Agency, and in 2021 BDB campaigns won Webby Awards, Influencer Marketing Awards and Shorty Awards. Our clients include PepsiCo, L’Oreal, Shiseido, Heineken, Zalando and Campari Group. Working with vastly different brands and their audiences keeps us smart, nimble and (dare we say it) ahead of the competition.

Since 2014 we have ensured that creative excellence is our company’s north star – empowering social media and changing the global ad business as we know it.

Our Culture

Billion Dollar Boy is a hyper-caffeinated transatlantic creative agency with 100+ employees and counting in London, New York and New Orleans. We are actively creating campaigns across 7 continents with top brands spanning categories of beauty, fashion, lifestyle, consumer goods, food and beverage and automotive. We are harnessing the power of influencers to win hearts, catch eyes and reinvent advertising as we know it.

We encourage employees to be open and confident and appreciate that every member of the team makes a vital difference. Outside working hours we enjoy regular socials, team lunches and team building.

Our Values

• Collaboration is key
• Creative to the core
• Quality at scale
• Integrity & Inclusion is everything

We encourage employees to be open and confident and appreciate that every member of the team makes a vital difference.

Billion Dollar Boy embraces equality, diversity and inclusion and will seek to promote these benefits in all of our business activities.

When recruiting new employees or when affording our current employees with opportunities for promotion, it means that we will:

• Recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background and make best use of their talents;
• Not discriminate unlawfully against any person;
• Select the best person for the job in terms of qualifications and abilities.

This sets out our approach to equal opportunities and the avoidance of discrimination at work.