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Accounts Assistant

Chimera readability score 100 out of 100, Quantum Electrodynamics reading level.

Location: Southwark, London SE1
(mainly office based)
Competitive salary plus company performance-related bonus, study support, private healthcare and wellbeing benefits
About Us
Liv-ex is the global marketplace for the wine trade, with over 500 members worldwide. We offer B2B services that span trading, data, logistics and technology to a diverse group of wine businesses – from ambitious start-ups to established merchants.
Our goal is to make fine wine trading more transparent, efficient and safe for the benefit of our members and the market as a whole. We are hard-working, committed yet informal, energetic and action oriented.
Founded in 2000, Liv-ex has grown to serve a growing number of merchant members with a broadening range of services. We help clients and other stakeholders to better understand the fine wine market and identify opportunities to profit.
Summary Purpose
Liv-ex is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team and support the day-to-day financial operations of the business.
This role is ideal for someone with at least 1 year of experience in a finance or accounting role who is looking to broaden their experience across management accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations and financial controls within a fast-paced commercial environment.
The successful candidate will have a proactive attitude, strong attention to detail and a willingness to improve processes and systems as the business continues to grow. Study support may be available for the right candidate pursuing a professional accounting qualification (AAT, ACCA or ACA)
Responsibilities:
- Ownership of the weekly payment run, ensuring supplier payments are processed accurately and on time
- Respond to customer and supplier finance queries relating to invoices, payments, reconciliations and account balances, ensuring agreed SLAs are met
- Perform daily and monthly reconciliations across bank accounts, credit cards, expenses and customer accounts
- Support accounts receivable activities, including ownership of credit control and proactive chasing of overdue balances
- Identify and escalate financial or credit risks to the Finance team in a timely manner
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations and investigate any variances
- Assist with month-end close processes and preparation of monthly management accounts
- Assist with the preparation of annual statutory accounts, audits and tax-related filings
- Maintain accurate financial records and ensure strong financial controls and audit trails are in place
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve finance processes, reporting and systems, particularly within AP, AR and month-end workflows
- Support wider business projects and finance-related operational initiatives where required
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Minimum 1 year of experience in a Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant or Assistant Accountant role
- Fluent in French language (written and spoken)
- Good understanding of accounting and bookkeeping principles
- Strong numerical and analytical skills with good attention to detail
- Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, reconciliations and data manipulation
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Confident communicating directly with customers and resolving finance-related queries over phone, video calls and email professionally and efficiently
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple priorities
- Proactive approach to problem solving with the confidence to take ownership of tasks
Nice to have
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related subject
- Experience using Sage 200
- Experience using HubSpot
- Experience working in a multi-currency or international business
Attributes
- Self-motivated, reliable and keen to develop
- Comfortable working at pace in a fast-moving environment
- Takes ownership and accountability for work
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Interest in improving processes and systems
- Proactive and solutions-oriented mindset
- Service-focused with strong attention to detail
- Builds effective working relationships internally and externally

Sentinel — Human

Confidence

The text exhibits high coherence and specificity consistent with standard human-written job descriptions tailored for a specific professional role, showing no immediate signs of synthetic generation.

Signals Detected
low severity: Natural variance in sentence length and tone; typical corporate phrasing does not exhibit perfect metronomic rhythm.
low severity: Coherent flow; contains specific, context-dependent operational details (e.g., SLAs, specific systems like Sage 200) that suggest human input and domain knowledge.
low severity: The structure follows a standard HR/JD template, which is common in corporate writing. No immediately detectable verbatim talking points or overly generic attribution.
low severity: The inclusion of specific requirements (e.g., fluent French, experience with B2B wine trade logistics, knowledge of AAT/ACCA) grounds the text in specific industry context, making generalized LLM confabulation less likely.
Human Indicators
The blend of highly specific operational duties (weekly payment run, monthly reconciliations) with soft attributes (proactive attitude, service-focused) suggests input from an experienced hiring manager or HR professional familiar with the actual workflow.
The requirement for fluent French combined with B2B finance experience points to a genuine need within an international trade context, which is often integrated naturally by human writers.