Accounts Assistant
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 27, 2026. We Are Social scores A on the Alion truth index.
Who We Are
We are the largest global socially-led creative agency, with unrivalled social media and influencer marketing expertise. With over 1,200 people in four continents, we deliver a global perspective to our clients in a time when social media is shaping culture.
We’re proud to be a multi award-winning agency, with Cannes Lions, One Show, Webby and Shorty Awards, to name but a few. Our most recent work has seen us help Amazon Music, Lucozade an d Adidas deliver some of their biggest and most innovative campaigns to date.
As well as creating for clients, we help educate the wider industry. Our Instagram publication The Feed tracks culture at the speed of social. 6,500 people registered or tuned into our events last year, and our reports garnered more than 20 million views.
The Opportunity
Are you a proactive, eager-to-learn self-starter looking to kick-start your career in finance?
Do you excel at problem-solving and thrive in a fast-paced environment?
Want to gain hands-on experience across both accounts payable and accounts receivable?
We Are Social is looking for a bright, self-starting, and teachable candidate to join our finance team. This opportunity plays a crucial and active role across both accounts payable and accounts receivable.
The position offers full immersion in the fast-paced world of finance, where you will manage day-to-day operations while putting your problem-solving abilities and innovative thinking to the test.
We’re looking for someone highly organised and detail-orientated, with a 'can-do' attitude and a drive to learn.
You are required to already hold a UK Right to Work as well as be able to attend the London office 3 days a week (Tuesday to Thursday).
Requirements
What You’ll Have Delivered Elsewhere
- Overseen and managed accounts payable ledgers, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of invoices.
- Supported the accounts receivable process, facilitating prompt payment collections, credit control, and account management.
- Raised client invoices in a timely and accurate manner.
- Ensured all core financial ledgers were accurately maintained and updated regularly.
- Handled bank and credit card reconciliations, ensuring all transactions were correctly recorded and discrepancies resolved swiftly.
- Delivered weekly timesheet reporting across the business.
- Supported the wider finance team with key month-end reporting tasks, including:
- Tracked and managed freelancer accruals to ensure precise expense reporting.
- Performed month-end balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring all accounts balanced and discrepancies were promptly addressed.
- Assisted with revenue postings for Paid Media and production.
- Assisted with job reconciliations.
- Continually reviewed and managed the ERP system to ensure complete accuracy across employee data, client information, and job setups in line with reporting requirements.
- Assisted with ad-hoc financial requests, analysis, and support as required.
What Else Are We Looking For?
- Demonstrates strong organisational abilities with a keen attention to detail.
- Exhibits an enthusiastic and proactive attitude, with a strong willingness to learn and adapt.
- Some experience using MS Excel and Google Sheets at a moderate level.
- Studying an ACCA or CIMA certification.
- Keen interest in learning and developing skills in finance.
Benefits
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion runs in the water here at We Are Social. We are transparent about the changes that are needed, we are focused on making real strides, both internally and within the industry and we strive to truly be a workplace that represents, supports and advocates for ALL. Our Charter for Change in the UK can be found here which details our focus areas across People, Work and Culture in 2026.
Inclusion at every level is crucial to creative innovation and success, and we want to create a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We welcome and encourage talent from ALL backgrounds and are committed to creating a representative team that can deliver creative excellence. If you require any support, adjustments or accommodations for any reason whatsoever during the recruitment process, please let us know via [email protected]
So let’s get to the good stuff, we offer all those things you would naturally expect; 25 days holiday, pension scheme & life assurance. But what we love most is connection, so we have our WAS Passport and Work From Anywhere schemes which allow you to truly connect to colleagues all over the world!
But what’s life around here really like day-to-day? Well, we ask our people regularly what they think about us/their role and here are some of the most common things they say:
- I value my manager we have a good relationship
- We love to ‘get social’ with the people I work with
- Trusted to get on with the job, without ‘micro-management’!
If this all sounds like the place you have been waiting to find then apply now! What are you waiting for?