Finance Executive

GDS GroupBristol, EnglandOn-siteFull-timeJunior, 1–2 yearsListed 1 day ago

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About this role

Job Title : Finance Executive

Location: Bristol, Queen Square (Office based)
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000

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

- Prepare VAT return workings [remove if not required]

- 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

- Salary £28,000–£32,000

- 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