Hiring Manager: Henry Hunter, Finance Director
Salary: £33k - £38k
Location: London (2-3 days in office)
About Us
At VivaCity, we help cities achieve their biggest transport ambitions. Our work saves lives by giving councils the road safety data they need to make targeted and effective improvements. We reduce congestion by making traffic lights more intelligent, and we use actionable insights to empower cities to make the right choices around sustainability.
To do this, we create cutting-edge products using machine learning, including sensors with on-board video AI capabilities, data visualisation dashboards and APIs, and city-wide control and optimisation algorithms. We’re now present in 100+ cities across the UK, US, and Australia, with more than 5000 sensors producing billions of data points a year.
We have an open and collaborative culture, intended to maximise innovation while preserving the sense of community that has made VivaCity a fantastic place to work. Read more about what it's like to work at VivaCity.
About you
The assistant management accountant is the engine room of the Finance team. You will be responsible for making sure our financial records are as to date as possible, and our suppliers and employees are paid on time as we scale in the UK, US and ANZ in our mission to make cities smarter, safer and more sustainable.
Our Finance team provides the right information for the business to make the right decisions. We split our time between creating financial information through our accounting & control function, and business partnering with the whole company to achieve strategic and financial objectives. As the business scales and matures, our focus is increasingly on growing our financial performance and this role is a critical step in making that happen.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading on regular bookkeeping to record accounts payable in the general ledger (Xero)
- Working with Finance Manager and Finance Director in production of monthly management accounts, by supporting on fundamental monthly accounting
- Ownership of key business reconciliations including monthly bank reconciliations, stock reconciliations and sales CRM to customer project management software.
- Preparation of weekly pay runs to ensure timely supplier payments, especially over high value supplier relationships
- Working with our HR team, logging and communicating monthly payroll to 3rd party provider to ensure employees paid on time, with no mistakes
- Outside of these routine tasks, you will partner with key stakeholders in the business, such as our Stock purchasing team, to help them access financial information to inform their decision making process
What we're looking for
- A minimum of 2 years experience in similar roles. We do not need you to be qualified or part qualified
- High attention to detail and excellent organisation - you will be owning flows of key transactional financial information into the business
- Analytical skills - you will be working with numbers on a daily basis
- Curiosity in how the business works - you will be exposed to colleagues and teams across the business from Commercial to Technology, and it will help to understand different views and perspectives on the business
- Communication - you’ll need to be able to work effectively with different people of different backgrounds
What we offer
- 25 days of holiday
- Flexible working hours and work from home
- Up to 30 days per year work from abroad
- Up to 3 flexible bank holiday days
- £200 total working from home budget
- £850 per year learning and development budget
- Enhanced parental leave
- Up to 3 ‘childcare’ or ‘dependant’ days per year
- Mental health support through Spill
- Discounted gym memberships through GymFlex
- £50 per person per quarter team social budget
- Additional entertainment budget and company parties
- Office food and drinks
- Optional Bupa healthcare and dental care through salary deduction
- Eye care vouchers
- Seasonal Flu jabs
- Cycle to work scheme
- Payroll giving through salary sacrifice
You don't need to have done all of these things before, but to excel in this role, you will need to be keen to learn and comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. If you're close to what we're looking for, please consider applying. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way.
We know that diverse ideas and perspectives drive innovation and make us better. We are creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. We're an equal opportunities employer and all applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, or social background. If you need any reasonable accommodations to help you perform at your best during the application process, please let us know.
