Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Minerva Virtual Academy (MVA) is seeking a Finance Operations Associate to support its Finance Manager and day-to-day financial operations. The role focuses on accurate transaction processing, reconciliations, month-end support, audit preparation, and improving financial workflows.
Responsibilities
- Financial Record Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records in Xero and internal systems, ensuring data integrity across all platforms
- Transaction Processing: Oversee daily accounts payable and receivable activities and monitoring outstanding balances
- Account Reconciliations: Assist in performing detailed reconciliations for bank accounts, credit cards, and key balance sheet accounts, resolving discrepancies proactively ahead of year end
- Operational Support: Support the wider team by managing internal queries and assisting with varied financial procedures to support peak workloads
- Month-End Assistance: Contribute to the month-end close process including preparing journals, calculating deferred revenue and ensuring the completeness of financial data
- Process Optimisation: Identify and implement improvements to financial workflows and automation to enhance efficiency and scalability
- Audit Support: Gather and prepare documentation for year-end audit processes, ensuring adherence to compliance and safeguarding policies
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Liaise with various departments to provide financial insight and support cross-functional projects as required
Skills
- Part-qualified accountant (AAT, ACCA, CIMA)
- Solid understanding of bookkeeping principles, accounts payable, and accounts receivable
- Strong proficiency with Xero and advanced Google Sheets (pivot tables, formulas, lookups, etc.)
- Experience working in a fast-paced SME or growing organisation
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy under pressure
- Versatile mindset with the ability to switch between diverse financial tasks and support varied workstreams
- Excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively within a remote team
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines in a changing environment
- Have a suitable home-working set-up which should include a good internet connection
- Experience with deferred revenue management
- Ideally within the education or tech sectors
Benefits
- Fully remote working with occasional in-person team sessions in London (four times per year); travel and accommodation for these meetups are self-funded.
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative work culture within a purpose-driven organisation.
- Opportunities for professional development within a fast-scaling company.
- Employee well-being initiatives and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Equipment such as a laptop is provided by MVA.
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