United Kingdom Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 Company - Public

Finance Assistant

🏢 Wincanton • 📍 Chippenham, South West England, England • 🕒 2 days ago

Salary Range

£26,219 - £33,195

£2,185 - £2,766 / mo

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Location Base

Chippenham, South West England, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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Transatlantic Parity

1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Overview

We are currently recruiting a Finance Assistant to join our Finance department to co-ordinate various aspects of Purchase to Pay through close liaison with suppliers, procurement, the business and the offshore service team. Working closely with colleagues and suppliers you will ensure Direct Debit payments are reconciled in a timely manner, resolving problems quickly where this is not achieved, with clear performance metrics to measure success. In addition, you will ensure that employee expenses and company credit card spend is within company policy and processed, paid and reconciled in a timely manner.

The successful candidate will be h ybrid working with requirement to work from our Chippenham Head Office as required (currently 2-3 days per week).

How will you contribute?

Audit and payment of employee expense claims
Raising central finance Purchase Orders
Raising recurring invoices as required by central finance teams
Reconciling Purchase Ledger Bank Account
Procurement card processing
Improving processes to reconcile Direct Debit payments for Right First-Time processing
Resolve invoice queries preventing reconciliation of Direct Debit payments
Optimising the performance of the offshore team
Processing of Direct Debit payment runs on system
Daily report of unreconciled Direct Debits
Timeliness of Procurement Card clearing and volume of expenses.
Process documentation and compliance reporting
Procurement card Balance Sheet Reconciliations
Support with P2P duties as required

What will you bring?

Attention to detail
Professional attitude, Strength of character to resolve escalations
Reliability
Responsiveness
Communication, Good telephone and email manner
Influencing others
Problem solving mindset
Multi-Tasking
Experience of operating in a fast moving & high volume environment
Ability to understand policy and apply to expense claims

What do we offer?

We really value our people and offer a friendly, safety first working environment and a competitive salary along with other benefits including; company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme ,employee benefits online discount platform, onsite parking + much more

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Apply Now!

Please apply by following the links and uploading your CV. We are a fast-moving organisation so we may not always wait until the closing date to review applications. As a result you should submit your CV as soon as possible!

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.