Finance Administrator

Berkshire  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Prudential plc is an international financial services group with significant operations in Asia, the US and the UK. We serve more than 23 million insurance customers and have £457 billion of assets under management. We are listed on stock exchanges in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and New York.

We provide protection and savings opportunities to our customers, social and economic benefits to the communities in which we operate, jobs and opportunities to our employees, and financial benefits for our investors.

By offering security, pooling savings and making investments, we help to drive the cycle of growth.

Our strategy is designed to create sustainable economic value for our customers and our shareholders.

It is focused on three long-term opportunities:

  • The significant protection gap in Asia;
  • The transition of US baby boomers into retirement; and
  • The UK 'savings gap' and ageing population in need of returns and income.

Corporate Property provides professional services particularly related to property to support the Prudential business units' occupation of their property portfolios. In the UK we provide and manage a full range of non-core support services and functions; globally, we manage governance and provide advice on property, health and safety, and environmental matters.

Role Purpose

The Finance Administrator will be responsible for the day-to-day processing of costs/transactions travelling in and out of Corporate Property and the accounting thereof.

The Finance Administrator will support the finance team, ensuring robust processes and controls for Corporate Property's finances, including payment for services delivered by external parties and accurate charging of the business units for the service that Corporate Property provides.

Key Function

Processing invoices, transfers and other transactions in relation to Corporate Property's accounts and finances in line with Prudential policies and external regulations and associated reporting.

Role responsibilities

  • Processing of invoices for timely payment.
  • Liaising with suppliers and CP teams to obtain timely invoice approvals and to resolve errors and queries promptly
  • Post invoice journals analysing cost by building/customer on a timely basis
  • Provide reporting supporting invoice processing and current status, ie number of invoices processed, number approved, number in query etc
  • Undertake regular and adhoc reporting including costs posted by costcentre, VAT returns etc
  • Internal and external financial reporting in line with policies, guidelines and best practice.
  • Adhering to invoice processing procedures, Finance Handbook and taking responsibility for ensuring that relevant sections are kept upto date
  • Operating to SLAs focusing activity in order to ensure compliance and identify ways of exceeding business units expectations.
  • Other adhoc and regular activities to support the team including cost analysis and reporting

Qualifications/Skills Required

  • Previous history in an Accounts Payable or Financial office environment processing invoices and allocating costs
  • Strong data analysis background.
  • Ability to quickly become a proficient user of financial applications.
  • Prior experience of Microsoft Office, particular MS Excel

Start date
n.a
Duration
13 weeks
From
Resource Solutions - Prudential
Published at
14.01.2017
Project ID:
1268944
Contract type
Freelance
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