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Benchmark Drinks has established itself within 6 years as a major UK wine supplier and top 10 supplier of premium wines – we are the fastest growing wine business in the UK.

Working with personalities such as Kylie Minogue, Gary Barlow, Gordon Ramsay and Graham Norton, Benchmark Drinks has created an exciting premium portfolio of award-winning global brands sourced from around the world.

We are in an exciting stage of our growth and always looking to build the team to support the ambitions of the business and our brands. We offer a friendly, dynamic working environment as well as encouraging and investing in wine education and training opportunities across the team.

Our office is based in south west London by the River Thames and next to Wandsworth Park with great transport links.

If you are interested in joining us please send your CV and tell us a bit about yourself to info@benchmarkdrinks.com

Senior Finance Assistant

Overview:

Benchmark Drinks is now looking to hire a full time office based (Wandsworth, SW London) Senior Finance Assistant to join our dynamic Finance team. You will need to have fantastic attention to detail and be able to multi task. You will be reporting directly to the Finance Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Ownership of the finance inbox and being first point of contact in finance
• Preparation of the weekly supplier pay run
• Posting banking journals daily across multiple accounts and currencies
• Preparing monthly VAT return for approval and submission
• Reviewing purchase invoices on the ERP accounting system (PO matching, approvals, brand coding, cost allocation)
• Other month end duties:

– Reconciling and prepare monthly banking reports for submission

– Preparing bank and credit card reconciliations

– Preparing monthly supplier statement reconciliations

– Preparing monthly aged receivables report

– Reconciling and posting intercompany transactions

– Raising commission and recharge invoices

Key Skills and Experience:

• AAT (or equivalent experience)
• Experience working with Business Dynamics Central would be an advantage
• Alternatively experience working with accounting / ERP systems such as Sage
• FMCG experience
• Interest in the wine industry
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
• A proactive approach to identifying and resolving problems
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team