Prodigy Finance - who are we?
Founded in 2007, Prodigy Finance is an international student lender that has helped over 45,000+ international master's students attend the world’s top universities. To date, Prodigy has disbursed over $2.3 billion in funding to students from more than 150 countries.
Prodigy Finance is fuelled by impact investors and other privately qualified entities who invest in tomorrow's leaders while earning a financial and social return. Prodigy’s borderless lending model enables students to apply for a loan based on their future earning potential and not just their current circumstances and credit history.
What will you do in the role?
The Bookkeeper will work in the Finance team reporting to the Finance manager to address the financial accounting requirements of the Group.
What are the key responsibilities of the role?
You will work with the rest of the Finance team together with the accounts administrator and perform the following duties:
- Daily capturing of supplier invoices and weekly payment preparation of supplier invoices
- Monthly payments of management fees and bond coupons
- Weekly assistance with cash management across all bank accounts and weekly reconciliations of all outstanding supplier invoices
- Daily, weekly and monthly banking and reconciliations
- Manage staff expense claims via email
- Raising all expense claims and invoices in the ERP and make sure they are paid on time
- Manage MyVision (credit cards) - to delete, close or open accounts.
- Weekly capturing of all credit card transactions
- Other ad hoc general support in the Finance team and broader business
- Maintenance, enhancement and reconciliation of FAR to GL
- Intercompany loan and AP/AR management
- VAT returns
- Assist in monitoring budget versus actual performance
- Assist in completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Transfer pricing calculations and invoicing
- Generating sales invoices
What would the ideal candidate be great at?
- Self-starter who is able to work independently
- Detail oriented
- Solution and goal orientated
- Deadline driven and flexible
- Competent in MS Excel and Google Sheets
- Constantly looking for ways to improve processes and reducing manual repetitive tasks
- Good organisational skills
- Numeracy accuracy and diligence
- Patience and dedication
- Fast learner
Qualifications and Experience?
- BCom with accounting major or certificate in accounting and bookkeeping or diploma in accounting
- at least 5 years experience in bookkeeping
- Having worked in financial services is an advantage
- Having worked in multiple currencies, including USD, GBP, EUR, ZAR, INR
- Knowledge of Xero and Dext would be beneficial
Top Skills
What We Do
Get funding for a top-tier master degree - without worrying about collateral or a cosigner. We provide collateral-free education loans for international masters students, to pursue their dream degrees at the world’s best schools.
We believe in equal access to life-changing education, globally.
Talent and potential are evenly distributed around the world, but access to opportunity is not. Specifically, access to world-class education is limited by financial means.
This is particularly true in emerging markets where many families don't have the income or collateral to support the education aspirations of the next generation of global leaders.
