Journey Further

Discovery-led growth consulting for brands

Finance Specialist

Accounts Payable/ReceivableConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time£27k - £31k

About the Job

Requirements

The candidate should have 1–2 years of experience in a broad finance, accounting, or transactional role; agency, professional services, or fast-growth business experience is a plus.
The candidate should have direct experience handling credit control and ledger reconciliations.
The candidate should be proficient with modern cloud accounting software such as Xero and confident using spreadsheets, including Google Sheets for data manipulation and lookups.
The candidate should have a foundational understanding of VAT rules and purchase order systems.
The candidate should be comfortable contacting clients by phone about invoices and queries.
The candidate should take care to maintain clean ledgers, balanced reconciliations, and accurate records.

Responsibilities

Manage the daily credit control cycle, contacting clients by phone and email to secure timely payments while maintaining working relationships.
Serve as the first point of contact for client billing queries and liaise with Client Leads to resolve scope, purchase order, or invoice disputes.
Perform credit checks for new clients, set up new accounts, and accurately record billing details and payment terms in the system.
Monitor aged debtors daily, escalate persistent overdue accounts to the Finance Manager, and keep debtor notes up to date.
Perform daily bank reconciliations across multicurrency accounts, matching cash movements in the accounting software.
Prepare and maintain monthly reconciliations, including bank, credit card, petty cash, and supplier statements.
Process supplier invoices, verify purchase order approvals, schedule payment runs, and resolve supplier queries.
Assist the Finance Manager with month-end preparation, including entering journals for accruals, prepayments, and deferred revenue.
Work with Revenue Operations to ensure client retainer models, media spend reconciliations, and project billing reflect active contracts.
Process staff expense submissions and monitor corporate credit card usage for policy compliance and correct VAT treatment.
Maintain organised financial records and document workflows to ensure audit readiness.
Provide prompt finance support to internal agency teams, including Client Leads, Operations, and People.

Desired Qualifications

Actively studying toward an AAT qualification is preferred but not essential.
Experience in an agency, professional services, or fast-growth business is a plus.

Specialist, Finance

Journey Further · Leeds, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-27

Salary: GBP 27,000–30,000

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Finance

Description

We are looking for a detailed, highly organised, and proactive Finance Specialist to join our team at Journey Further.

This role is ideal for an ambitious finance professional with 1 to 2 years of hands-on experience who wants broad exposure across a fast paced marketing agency environment. Rather than being stuck in a single niche, you will manage core operational workflows. This means you will work across day to day credit control and complex ledger reconciliations to purchase orders and billing support.

You will work closely with our Revenue Operations (RevOps) team and Client Leads, ensuring our financial data is immaculate, our cash inflow is steady, and internal queries are resolved with speed and clarity.

What you will do

Manage the day to day credit control cycle, contacting clients via phone and email to secure timely payments while maintaining great working relationships
Act as the first point of contact for client billing queries, liaising with internal Client Leads to resolve scope, PO, or invoice disputes rapidly
Perform credit checks for new clients, setup new accounts, and ensure billing details and payment terms are accurately captured in our system
Monitor aged debtors daily, escalate persistent overdue accounts to the Finance Manager, and keep debtor notes up to date
Perform daily bank reconciliations across multi currency accounts, ensuring all cash movements are matched accurately in our accounting software
Prepare and maintain key monthly reconciliations, including bank, credit card, petty cash, and supplier statements
Process incoming supplier invoices, verify purchase order (PO) approvals, schedule payment runs, and resolve supplier queries
Assist the Finance Manager with basic month end preparation, including entering journals for accruals, prepayments, and deferred revenue
Partner closely with RevOps to ensure client retainer models, media spend reconciliations, and project billing mirror active contracts
Process staff expense submissions and monitor corporate credit card usage, ensuring compliance with company policy and correct VAT treatment
Maintain clean, organised financial records and document workflows to ensure total audit readiness at all times
Provide clear, prompt finance support to internal agency teams (Client Leads, Operations, People)

Requirements

1–2 years of experience in a broad finance, accounting, or transactional role (agency, professional services, or fast-growth business background is a plus)
Direct experience handling credit control and ledger reconciliations (sets and recs)
Proficiency with modern cloud accounting software (e.g., Xero) and confidence using spreadsheets (Google Sheets for data manipulation and lookups)
Good foundational understanding of VAT rules and purchase order systems
You aren't afraid to pick up the phone to chase an invoice or talk through a query with a client
You take genuine pride in clean ledgers, balanced reconciliations, and accurate records
Actively studying towards an AAT qualification would be preferred but not essential

Benefits

Pension - Matched up to 4%

Health - Private medical insurance

Family - Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay

Flexibility - 25 days annual leave, Christmas shutdown and home working allowance

Salary

Leeds - £27,000 - £30,000

Manchester - £27,000 - £31,000

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About the Company

Journey Further

Discovery-led growth consulting for brands

Journey Further provides growth partnerships that start with discovery-led strategy. They map the market landscape, generate actionable insights, and translate them into concrete growth actions while measuring outcomes. With 200 specialists across Leeds, London, Manchester, and New York, the firm pursues sustainable, scalable growth for brands that won’t settle. Their approach combines terrain mapping, global collaboration, and an award-winning track record to turn insights into measurable, long-term growth opportunities.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 2017

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