Graduate Finance Analyst

Salary: £30,000 + Bonus

Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days in office) - Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

Type: Full-time, Permanent

The Role

We are looking for a driven and proactive Finance Analyst to join our growing finance team at Hanson Wade.

Reporting to the Group Financial Accountant, this role is well suited to a part-qualified accountant with a strong grounding in core transactional accounting. You will play a key role in supporting the month-end close, preparing reconciliations, assisting with audits, and managing day-to-day financial processes.

Key Responsibilities

Bookkeeping & Core Finance Activities

• Maintain accurate financial records, including posting journals for accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, and other routine entries

• Complete general ledger reconciliations in line with month-end timelines

• Raise customer invoices and process accounts payable transactions, ensuring accuracy and timely updates to NetSuite

• Update Salesforce and other finance systems to ensure customer and revenue records remain current and accurate

• Support the bank reconciliation process and assist in resolving trade debtor queries

• Review and approve staff expenses in SAP Concur, ensuring compliance with company policy

• Provide day-to-day financial administration support to the wider finance team

Month-End Close & Reporting

• Support the month-end close process, working to a day-5 reporting timetable

• Prepare revenue and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring completeness and accuracy

• Produce internal financial reporting, including event-specific analysis to support decision-making

Audit Support

• Assist with interim and year-end audit requirements, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of supporting documentation

VAT

• Prepare VAT returns across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK and selected EU markets

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong working relationships with internal teams, supporting their understanding of financial processes and requirements

Qualifications & Experience

Technical Skills

• Finance exposure via internship or placement is desirable

• Actively studying towards ACCA (minimum 50% complete) or AAT qualified

• Strong understanding of core accounting principles (accruals, prepayments, VAT, double-entry bookkeeping)

• Strong Excel skills (e.g. lookups, pivot tables)

• Experience using finance systems; NetSuite exposure is beneficial

• Exposure to process improvement is advantageous

Core Skills

• Demonstrates initiative and takes ownership of responsibilities

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities

• Proactive, adaptable, and eager to learn

• Positive, team-oriented attitude with willingness to take on additional tasks

• Strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the business

Additional Information

As part of our process, candidates will complete a short Excel exercise at first stage. This is designed to reflect day-to-day tasks and assess fundamental skills.

At interview stage, there will also be a presentation & light technical discussion covering core accounting concepts such as double entry, reconciliations, and general principles.

Why join Hanson Wade

• Competitive salary + Bonus

• Private health and life insurance

• Competitive pension

• Hybrid working arrangement

• 23 days annual leave, increasing by 1 extra day per year, up to 30 days

• Access to our Wader Hub benefits platform (retail, gym, hospitality, and wellness discounts)

• Life Assurance