Finance Assistant
Location: Porto, Portugal
Department: Finance
Reporting to: Financial Controller
Join RONIN, part of the Rippleffect Group, a partnership of highly-connected digital brands, with an international presence and curiosity at its core.
RONIN goes beyond traditional data collection, finding hard-to reach respondents and helping clients make informed decisions from global research.a global, market-leading research organisation of over 30 years, with award-winning, multichannel data collection methods, and recognised leader in B2B, Healthcare and hard-to-reach survey research. We are pioneers in online, CATI and digital recruitment, conducting complex multi-country studies in more than 50 languages across the world.
About Us
RONIN International are a market-leading research organisation whose comprehensive range of services help organisations fully understand the thoughts and behaviours of their customers. We have an excellent track record in delivering thorough and insightful results to even the most challenging briefs. Offering both qualitative and quantitative market research worldwide, we are proud to be the research partner of many leading global brands.
Our clients are the largest firms in the Technology and Healthcare sectors, including IBM, Microsoft and Sanofi, plus market research agencies and consulting firms such as Kantar, GfK and Ipsos, who use our Global Data Collection Centre for consistent, high quality-data.
RONIN International and its international subsidiaries, RONIN Research GmbH in Germany, RONIN Research Inc. in the USA and RONIN Research HK, in Hong Kong, are part of the independently owned Rippleffect Group, alongside Reading Room, a user-led, data-centric consultancy helping clients realise their digital ambitions, from deep dive and digital strategy, through to design, technology and communications.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting new role and a great opportunity for a finance assistant looking to develop their career in an international context.
Based in our new Development and Operations hub in Porto, Portugal, you will be an essential member of the Finance team and work collaboratively across RONIN’s International entities.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Administer and maintain the integrity of the Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger within the businesses.
- Responsible for looking after both sales invoicing and supplier invoices, as well as processing payments.
- Ensure that Debtors/Creditors are monitored, collected and paid in accordance with appropriate timescales and guidelines.
- Assist intercompany reconciliation.
- Manage the Fixed Asset Register.
- Support the Treasury Function.
- Provide any other support to the Financial Controller and finance team, as required.
About You
- You are a fluent English-speaker.
- You are personable, analytical, hard-working, able to show initiative, work independently and think critically.
- You are also a good communicator that is confident speaking to suppliers/customers on the telephone and willing to solve queries relating to payment, receipts and any other ad hoc issues which may occur.
- You are proficient in Sage 50 and MS Office, especially Excel or equivalent.
- Ideally you are an accounting graduate, perhaps in the early stages of your ACCA/CIMA (or country equivalent) studies and be a hands-on, enthusiastic and dedicated individual with a passion for your chosen career path.
- You enjoy working collaboratively and are adept at building good relationships with others.
You don’t need to tick all the boxes to be considered, so please do still apply if you have most of what we’re looking for.
About the team
The Finance Team is headed by the Head of Finance and comprises a team of dedicated professionals working remotely/from our Porto, London and Lancaster offices. This role will report into our Financial Controller, who is based in Porto.
Location
This role will be based in our office in Porto, Portugal.
We are keen to support work/life balance and promote hybrid working. We encourage our associates to spend at least three days in an office per week in accordance with business need.
Why, and how to apply…
If you are looking for a new challenge with opportunity for growth and impact with a growing team and business, get in touch with us right away - apply with your CV & a short cover note highlighting why you are interested in this role and joining Ronin.
Please submit your application through our careers site so that it is uploaded onto our recruitment system. We have tried to simplify the application process as much as possible, and won’t ask you to complete a lengthy application form – you can apply with your CV or LinkedIn profile - but if you don’t apply through our careers site, unfortunately we cannot always guarantee your application will be reviewed, or that you will receive a response, particularly if we receive strong interest in the role. You can find out more about our hiring process <<here>>.
Given the nature of the business and our clients’ requirements, any job offers issued will be conditional upon the return of a satisfactory basic DBS check and employment references.
RONIN International is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and everyone we work with, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
Find out more about us: https://www.ronin.com/.
Agencies
We are not currently working with agencies for recruitment
- Company
- RONIN International
- Role
- Finance Assistant
- Locations
- Porto, Portugal
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
About Rippleffect
We address unique challenges for our clients. Researching behaviours to improve digital experiences and ultimately deliver you a deeper brand connection.
Our staff are united under a shared vision and push boundaries of data, technology and marketing.
Finance Assistant
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