Company Description

Welcome to HIGHVERN. We are an award-winning provider of private wealth, fund and corporate administration services

Role Purpose    

To lead the Group’s accounts payable functions and time recording and billing ensuring accurate and timely processing of Group billing, supplier invoices and staff expenses, providing additional support to the finance team where necessary.

Key Accountabilities:   

  • Assist with day-to-day monitoring & processing of Group time recording & billing
  • Assist with monthly & quarterly billing for various entities
  • Accurate and timely processing of employee expense claims, ensuring claims are in line with policy and allocated to the correct departments
  • Assist with management of the Group’s corporate credit card facilities in Concur, assist with bookkeeping & monthly reconciliations
  • Accurate classification of supplier invoices within Concur, ensuring that approvals have been actioned and follow ups made where required internally or with suppliers
  • Fortnightly supplier and staff expenses payment runs, processing of payments within banking platforms and subsequent bookkeeping for payments made 
  • Intercompany account transfers to ensure appropriate allocation of cash between the Group’s operating companies
  • Accurate posting of client cash receipts against outstanding debtors, following up where required with fee earners
  • Accurate daily Bank reconciliations.
  • Assistance with audit queries as required. 

Other Requirements:

  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Confident communicator
  • Well organised and good time management skills!!!!!!!

Skills, Knowledge & Experience Required:

  • Strong proficiency in use of MS Office; Outlook, Excel and previous experience of using an accounting platform
  • Previous experience in a finance function in a similar role (3 – 5 years internal finance experience)
  • Experience with NavOne would be an advantage
  • Confident when communicating face to face and/or via virtual channels
  • Ability to act independently, but knowing when to escalate and seek guidance
  • Initiative: Proactively identifies opportunities for process improvement
  • Strong team player

Preferred Minimum qualifications:         

  • Bookkeeping qualification. (SAIPA advantageous)