Finance Assistant

Granta Publications (Books) and Granta Trust (Magazine) share a remit to discover and publish the best in new literary fiction, memoir, reportage and poetry from around the world.

Granta Publications publishes around thirty new titles a year, providing authors with the intimacy of a small, passionate and creative team while consistently punching above its weight in review coverage, prizes, cultural impact and sales. It has won all the major publishing prizes including the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Costa Prize and the Folio Prize.

Granta Magazine and the Granta Poetry imprint are owned by Granta Trust, a charity set up in 2019 to promote new and emerging writing. Granta is most celebrated for its 'Best of Young' issues, which introduce the most important voices of each generation - in Britain, America, Brazil and Spain - defining the contours of the literary landscape. Granta has published twenty-seven Nobel Prize laureates.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a highly numerate and self-motivated Finance Assistant to join our small, committed, and creative team in West London. Reporting to the Finance Director, this role will be responsible for ensuring completeness, efficiency and accuracy of financial records for purchase invoices, sales invoices and employee expenses. The role will also assist the Rights and Acquisitions team with administrative support. This is a full-time role based in our London office.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a prestigious independent book and magazine publisher in a key role within the publishing process.

Our benefits include:

• Hybrid working with three days in the office and two days working from home
• 25 days holiday per year, as well as bank holidays, and additional Christmas closure days.
• Profit-share bonus scheme
• Subsidised eye tests
• Generous pension scheme
• Season-ticket loans
• Cycle-to-work vouchers

We welcome applications from any individual regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. All applications will be considered on merit.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Post purchase invoices to the accounting system (QuickBooks) once invoices have been approved and coded.
• Monitor the accounts inbox and respond to queries from colleagues and suppliers.
• Perform bi-monthly payment runs including inputting payments on to the online banking portal and subsequently posting payments on to the accounting system.
• Distribute monthly credit card statements to colleagues for coding and submission of receipts. Record credit card spend on the accounting system.
• Issue sales invoices for Books (sub-rights and other) and for Magazine (advertising and others) on request from colleagues.
• Credit control of outstanding sales invoices.
• Monthly reviews of the purchase and customer ledgers.
• Assist the Finance Director in the monthly bank reconciliation process.
• Assist with royalty payments to authors twice a year.
• Assist the rights team with administrative contract work including processing finalised contracts, overseeing the payment of signature advances and being responsible for maintaining records on sublicences.
• Preparation for the annual audit and liaison with auditors.
• Assist with the development of financial systems and procedures.
• Any other duties as reasonably required by the Finance Director.

REQUIRED QUALITIES AND SKILLS

• Minimum of one year's previous bookkeeping experience, ideally in publishing or a related field.
• A good working knowledge of Excel.
• A good standard of general education.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong communication and team-working skills, with the ability to build good relations, both internally and externally.
• A self-starter, capable of working independently.
• Capable of rapid and accurate turn around on a high workload and multiple tasks.
• Commitment to the vision, mission and values of one of the most independent-minded and prestigious literary publishers in the UK.

To apply for the role, please send a covering letter and CV to the link provided.

The closing date for applications is 14th April 2026.

Please note that submissions found to be overly reliant on Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be automatically rejected.