Client Accountant- Marketing- West End London- 12mth FTC-£40-45k - Talentedge : Job Details

Talentedge are actively recruiting for a Client Accountant for a leading marketing services agency in the West End, Central London paying £40-45k for a 12mth contract.

Responsibilities include:

- Hold regular revenue meetings, review time vs revenue, add commentary on revenue movements and variances

- Monthly Recoverability review meetings, take minutes and send to client services teams with agreed actions. Follow up for resolution.

- Weekly Time reports review. Time movements between jobs.

- Revenue posting, reconciliation of revenue trackers with actuals, preparation of accrued/deferred revenue schedules

- Check back up is saved on the jobs and correct for recognition

- Manage accrued revenue below set level for the division and aged items not older than 30 days

- Oversee, assist and approve billings

- Monthly Commercial reporting for the division

- Timesheets completion review

- Support FC /FD with Resource Forecasting

- Ad hoc commercial reporting ( bi-weekly , monthly )

- WIP management and analysis to ensure that all third party costs are billed on a timely basis, costs from the suppliers are on the correct jobs and that WIP jobs are reconciled and cleared down

- Monitor and reconcile estimated vs actual 3rd party costs per project, flagging overspends as soon as they occur

- Hold regular WIP meetings with client services teams. Take minutes and send to client services teams for confirmation together with the actions. Follow ups

- Send weekly WIP reports

- Check price quotes are correct and backup (client approvals & PO's) for jobs is saved

- Review open PO's and advise client services teams to close where appropriate

- Allocation of pass through 3rd party costs

- Maintain client jobs on - open new jobs and close completed and reconciled jobs in a timely manner

- Manage debit WIP that it is not older than 30 days

- Review payment runs with commentary for FC approval

- APaging ledger review with Shared Services

- Raise invoices for intercompany recharges

- Maintain costs trackers

- Weekly freelance tracker updates

- Reporting templates update with actuals

- Forecast template update for submission to the Group

- Month end pack update for submission to the Group

Candidates requirements:

- Studying towards professional qualification ( ACCA, CIMA, ACA, etc)

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills

- Marketing Services Agency experience

- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills

- Pro-active and solutions focused attitude

- Ambitious and looking to learn and progress

- Min 2 years industry experience