Finance Assistant

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job title: Finance Assistant

Location: Kings Lynn, Hybrid (3 days on site / 2 days remote)

Contract: 6 months Fixed-term

Salary: From £25,000 per annum

Are you an administrator keen to take on a Finance role? Are you available immediately to join our team on a 6 months fixed‑term contract? We are looking for a Finance Assistant to join our team at Germains in Kings Lynn to support with the day‑to‑day Accounts Payable responsibilities, you'll be processing invoices through our OCR workflow, resolving queries, managing supplier data, and supporting payment runs.

This is a full‑time role Monday to Friday (3 days on‑site Mon - Weds).

• Process accounts payable invoices through our OCR‑enabled workflow, investigating and resolving exceptions (e.g., missing/incorrect PO details) to keep posting accurate and on time.
• Monitor shared AP inboxes and respond to supplier and internal queries promptly, supporting smooth day‑to‑day transactional processing.
• Prepare supplier statements and reconciliations, following up on discrepancies and ensuring supplier records are correct and up to date.
• Support fortnightly payment runs by compiling and checking backup documentation, ensuring invoices are correctly coded and approved.
• Administer employee expenses and credit card transactions, ensuring accurate coding, compliance with policy, and timely resolution of queries.
• Maintain supplier master data, including setting up new suppliers and processing amendments, and provide practical support to colleagues on PO and invoice processes.
• Contribute to a successful transition period by working closely with the wider finance team to improve ways of working and help embed updated processes and systems.

• Previous finance or administration experience.
• Ability to handle large volumes of supplier invoices efficiently.
• High level of attention to detail and a methodical approach to reconciling supplier statements and resolving discrepancies.
• Good communication and stakeholder skills; ability to support colleagues across the business.
• Comfortable with finance systems and learning new tools quickly.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

You’ll join a collaborative finance team during an exciting transition period and receive training on our key systems (Sage 1000 and OCR invoice processing). Working hybrid from our King's Lynn site (3 days on‑site), you’ll have the support you need to develop your AP skills. While this starts as a 6‑month temporary role, there's potential for it to continue as the team evolves.

Germains Seed Technology's mission is to ‘maximise nature’s potential’ by using its seed technology processing know‑how and deep expertise to unlock the genetic potential of seeds for food production. At a time when pressure on land, water and resources is greater than at any time in human history, Germains exists to help our customers maximise the productivity and cost‑effectiveness of their crops.

Our team of around 200 people work across the USA, Europe and the UK.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology‑based products, and offering data services for the agri‑food industry.

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. We are committed to building an inclusive, supportive, and fair workplace for everyone.