Accounts Assistant

About the Finance team

The Finance team within GuarantCo Management Company (GMC) sits in London and provides accounting, financial analysis and business planning support to GMC and GuarantCo.

Role and responsibilities

Bookkeeping for GMC and GuarantCo

• Receiving, checking and processing purchase invoices for GMC and GuarantCo.
• Maintain approved supplier list and contract registers for GMC and GuarantCo, ensuring all new suppliers have been through the relevant contract approval process.
• Creating payment instructions for GMC and GuarantCo ensuring that the correct procedures are followed at all times and payments are in line with the bank mandates.
• Generating sales invoices for GMC, including Management fees and any other fees.
• Reviewing the GuarantCo system-generated sales invoices and sending to clients. Reconciling payment of these invoices. Carrying out initial credit control of outstanding fees before handing over to Investment team to deal with persistent non-payment.
• Maintain an effective debtor management system for following up outstanding invoices for GMC and GuarantCo.
• Ensuring timely invoicing to GuarantCo’s clients for reimbursement of travel costs.
• Working with the Management Accountant and Loan Administration Officer to ensure data integrity in Trade Manager, GuarantCo’s data management system.
• Supporting the Financial Controller with the preparation of GuarantCo’s monthly trial balance and assist with group accounts consolidation and reporting as required.
• Supporting the Financial Controller with the data requests for the rating agencies.
• Review the asset register for GMC, ensuring up to date with all purchases and/or disposals during each month.

Cash Management and Treasury for GMC and GuarantCo:

• Liaising with budget holders to obtain approval of payment of supplier accounts when making payments.
• Responsible for weekly bank reconciliations for GuarantCo on both incoming and outgoing funds and assisting the Financial Controller with GMC’s reconciliation.

Audit

• Support the Financial Controller with external and internal audit requests.

Other

• Assist Financial Controller with generating regular month-end reports.
• Assist with post‑integration financial operations, including harmonising accounting procedures with PIDG polices and procedures, reconciling pre‑acquisition balances, supporting system migrations, and ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting during the transition period.
• Contribute to process improvements, automation initiatives, and system enhancements in Trade Manager, Business Central and Exact.
• Any other reasonable duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications and education requirements

• Strong academics.

Experience

• Prior experience working in an accounts payable function.

Please fill out the form on the 'Application' tab at the top of this panel.