Location: Bristol, Queen Square (Office based)
The role
We're looking for a Finance Executive who can start immediately. You'll run day-to-day transactional finance across our UK and US entities, working daily in our finance systems. You'll report to the Senior Finance Manager and be part of a small, hands-on finance team. This role suits someone who is accurate, organised, confident with software, and happy owning high-volume processes end to end.
Our systems
You'll use NetSuite, Tipalti, Payhawk, Stacks, Statement, Salesforce and BambooHR every day. You'll keep data flowing accurately between them.
Key responsibilities
- Tipalti: process supplier invoices, run PO and approval matching, onboard suppliers, and prepare weekly payment runs
- Payhawk: process employee expenses and card transactions, chase missing receipts, and manage cardholder set-up
- NetSuite: post routine journals, maintain customer and supplier records, and support month-end cut-off
- Stacks: complete assigned month-end close tasks, prepare balance sheet reconciliations, and review automated journals
- Statement: monitor bank feeds, match and categorise transactions across GBP, USD and EUR accounts, clear unmatched items, and support daily cash position reporting
- Salesforce: raise sales invoices from order data and reconcile Salesforce bookings to NetSuite
- BambooHR: keep employee data aligned with Payhawk and NetSuite for starters, leavers and changes
- Allocate cash receipts and carry out credit control, including chasing overdue accounts and escalating as needed
- Resolve supplier queries and reconcile supplier statements
- Spot integration or data issues between systems and suggest fixes and automation
About you
- At least 1 year of experience in a transactional finance role (purchase ledger, sales ledger or credit control)
- Hands-on experience with a cloud ERP (NetSuite preferred) and at least one AP or expense tool (Tipalti or Payhawk preferred)
- AAT or studying toward it, or qualified by experience
- Good understanding of double-entry bookkeeping
- Confident Excel user (lookups, pivots, and working with system exports)
- Quick to learn new software and comfortable working across several systems
- High accuracy and attention to detail with high volumes of transactions
Nice to have
- Experience with Stacks, Statement, Salesforce or BambooHR
- Multi-currency or multi-entity experience
- Experience in events, media or SaaS
What we offer
- Office-based, Monday to Friday, at our Bristol head office
- [Holiday, pension, bonus and other benefits]
- Study support toward professional qualification [if applicable]
- Exposure to international operations and a finance function investing in modern tools
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