Finance Executive

Accounting / Auditing / Finance

About the Employer

Job Description

Finance Executive

Purpose

Own day-to-day bookkeeping and deliver an accurate, timely month-end close across Codification’s multi-jurisdiction entities (UAE, UK, Bulgaria), supporting the Finance Manager with data ready for management accounts.

Key responsibilities

  • Maintain the ledgers in Xero (multi-currency) and reconcile bank, AP/AR and intercompany accounts daily.
  • Post month-end journals (accruals, pre-payments, depreciation) and prepare a balanced trial balance within 5 working days of period end.
  • Prepare consolidated group accounts for FM review.
  • Run fortnightly supplier and expense payment batches; obtain approvals in Odoo and submit to online banking.
  • Collate VAT/CT data for external advisers; assist with ad-hoc tax queries. (No direct filing responsibility initially, but scope to grow.)
  • Monitor FX exposures; flag material variances and suggest transfers or hedges to the Finance Manager.
  • Cover Ops Executive’s invoicing / AR follow-up and payroll prep when absent (and receive cover in return).
  • Champion data hygiene and participate in automation initiatives driven by SysOps.

Skills & qualifications

  • Part-qualified ACCA / CIMA, on track to complete within 2 years (study funded – see terms).
  • 3+ years bookkeeping / assistant accountant experience, preferably in a Cloud Native services or similar tech environment.
  • Strong Xero and advanced Google Sheets / Excel (lookups, pivots, basic Power Query).
  • Odoo familiarity is a plus.
  • Confident communicator; able to explain finance matters to non-finance colleagues.

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