Role: Office and Finance Assistant 

Location: London (Hybrid) 

Salary:  £25,000 to £30,000 depending on experience 

Contract: Full Time 

Reporting to: Finance Manager 

Advert closing date: 15th December 2023 

Who we are:  

72Point is a market-leader in content creation. We generate, produce and deliver top quality news stories, pictures, videos, visual puzzles and animated infographics to the national news media and beyond. 

Our client list includes a string of huge global brands, as well as some of the biggest names on PR Week’s Top 150. 

We land coverage every day in print, online and via social platforms.   

We are part of the SWNS Media group. SWNS proudly brings the heartbeat of Britain to life for our biggest news brands. Every day, hundreds of our stories, images and videos are published and broadcast across the national media. 

SWNS content spans breaking news, court cases, amazing human interest stories, consumer issues, health studies, scientific breakthroughs, opinion polls, and stunning imagery and viral videos. 

We distribute to the biggest news publishers in the world – from the Sun, Mirror and Daily Mail to the Times, Telegraph and New York Post. 

Job Description:  

72Point is looking for someone to provide administrative support to the finance team and the wider business as well as to assist with daily operations. The candidate will be working closely with the sales team to coordinate their clerical requests in a timely manner as well as liaising with HR, IT and facilities to monitor and report any problems within the London office. The role focuses on data entry on our CRM Software system – Salesforce, our finance system – Sage200 and other business tools. 

Currently our staff are required to work Tuesday and Wednesday from the office. 

Key Skills:  

  • Excellent organisational skills  
  • Strong attention to detail  
  • A positive attitude with a willingness to help and assist 
  • Being able to assess and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines  
  • Good verbal and written communication skills 

 Key Responsibilities:  

  • Assisting our Business Analyst with processing large data entry on our CRM software system 
  • Producing and analysing data from our project management system Taskray 
  • Supporting the Finance team with raising invoices, PO’s and reconciling monthly figures  
  • Ordering supplies for the London office and reporting/sorting any issues with equipment/ facilities that may arise 
  • To provide daily sales reports for tracking performance to the Chief Commercial Officer 
  • Monitoring and distributing inbound leads  
  • Administrative support to the sales team which includes assisting with supplier and customer onboarding, amending data on Salesforce and providing customer reports when requested 

  About you:  

  • Proficient in Microsoft Outlook – specifically Excel 
  • Experience in using Salesforce is desirable  
  • Eager to learn and develop their knowledge and skills within business administration 
  • An enthusiastic and motivated candidate that goes the extra mile 

Please send through all applications to: hr@swnsmediagroup.com