Finance Assistant

Position: Finance Assistant
Location: Lisburn, Head Office
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Salary: £28-£33,000.00 per annum + Benefits
Benefits: 28 days annual leave plus 4 bank holidays, Pension, Life Assurance, Medicash scheme, cycle to work scheme, and as muchcoffee as you can drink!

In this role, you will be responsible to support various finance functions with a wide variety of accounting tasks for processing invoices, reconciling accounts, and providing administrative support to the finance team. The overall purpose will be to contribute to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the finance department.

• Management and organisation of the finance and credt control inbox and filing of all communication in an organised and structured way.
• Posting all receivables transactions from the bank statement to the customer account and reconcliations.
• Resolve queries and investigate unallocated cash queries or payment discrepancies
• Preparing and processing the direct debit run every month alongside credit control
• Work closely with the Credit Control in order to maintain up to date customer accounts and monitor customer accounts and chasing overdue payments
• Processing supplier invoices and reconciling supplier statements
• Assisting with payment runs and general purchase legder duties
• Raising sales invoices and credit notes
• Assist with balance sheet reconciliations and supporting month end processes
• Perform other monthly adhoc task, assist with annual external audit and general finance administration
• Work collaboratively across finance and operational teams

To be considered for this opportunity it is essential that you have previous experience in a finance position, ideally in FMCG or a B2B company. You’ll be a competent user of all Microsoft Office packages. You’ll be an excellent team player who can also take responsibility for your own workload.

• Competent in all Microsoft Office packages specifically Outlook, Excel, and Word to a high level
• Competent in finance software/ERP System
• Excellent communication skills to communicate with other teams in a positive manner
• Highly numerate with strong analytical skills; methodical and precise in producing accurate work, with a proactive approach to follow-up

• Previous use of Dynamics D365 or relevant ERP System

• Ability to work under pressure & prioritise own workload
• Focused on company targets while attentive to all processes and deadlines
• Hands on and a proactive attitude
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to follow strict processes, structures, and deadlines
  
  Driven to improve processes and deliver results efficiently
• Able to build effective internal and external working relationships with a variety of people

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. As part of this commitment, we monitor the community background and gender of applicants and employees to support equality of opportunity and to comply with our obligations under the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998.
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Our selection for recruitment does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation or gender reassignment status (protected characteristics).