Finance Assistant - Accounts Receivable

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Finance Assistant - Accounts Receivable, Credit Control, Electronic Invoice Processing, Balance sheet reconciliation.

A Finance Assistant with Accounts Receivable, Credit Control, Electronic Invoice Processing, Balance sheet reconciliation experience is required to work on a six month contract with the possibility of extension for our Defence client based in South Wales.

This is a an exciting opportunity to join our clients Finance Services team as an Accounts Receivable Finance Assistant, based in South Wales. This role is temporary however, there may be opportunities for future permanent work.

Overview of the Finance Assistant contract role

Reporting directly to the Accounts Receivable Team Leader you will be working as part of a busy, expanding finance team who operate in a multi-customer, multi-ERP System environment. You will be responsible for providing many aspects of our accounts receivable service including sales order loading, invoicing, credit control, cash allocation and query resolution.

There will be opportunities to work as part of a transition project team. This involves on-boarding new work from different areas of the business; as such a willingness to travel would be beneficial.

Finance Services is a business unit within our clients Shared Services department and provides a range of financial services to a variety of other business units. It covers both traditional Back Office roles such as invoice processing but also other non-traditional roles such as treasury, financial reporting and export controls.

Key skills required for the Finance Assistant

As an Accounts Receivable Finance Assistant your main responsibilities will involve:

Service Delivery:

  • Milestone, deliverable & service invoicing in multi currencies
  • Advance claims and sales trading
  • Electronic EDI invoicing
  • Balance Sheet Reconciliations
  • Production of Metrics & KPIs
  • Cash Allocation
  • Credit Control
  • Debtor Reviews
  • Performing Credit Checks
  • Sales Order Loading
  • Query management and resolution
  • Ad-hoc tasks, as required during peak processing periods to balance team workload and meet service commitments.

Governance:

  • Compliance with financial controls framework.

Systems & Business change:

  • Participation in continuous improvement activities.
  • Fulfil the duties of a project team member when assigned to change initiatives. These may range from small change projects to service transition projects.

The Individual

As an Accounts Receivable Finance Assistant your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

  • Educated to A Level standard or equivalent.
  • An accountancy qualification would be advantageous but is not essential.
  • Experience of SAP within an Accounts Receivable environment is desirable.
  • Good knowledge of Accounts Receivable processes and systems capabilities required to support these.

What we are looking for in you

  • Proven experience of been able to build and maintain excellent relationships through strong communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Willingness to grow system and process skills and experience.
  • Disciplined self-organisation.
  • Ability to work effectively towards deadlines.
  • An ability to work independently and effectively as part of a large team.
  • Good decision making skills.
  • Strong IT skills, particularly in the use of excel, including the use of Pivot tables and V lookups.
  • There will be a requirement to travel to other BAE Systems sites so a flexible working attitude is required.

The role is based in South Wales - commutable from Abergavenny, Ebbw Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare, Pontypridd, Newport, Caldicot, Usk, Chepstow, Monmouth, Cwmbran, Blackwood, Pontypool and Abertillery with excellent access from Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Cheltenham, Gloucester,

Do you know anyone who might be looking for a new role? You could benefit from our candidate referral scheme. Contact me on the above contact details for more information.

Outsource. Our People. Your Success.

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We recruit talented people for contract and permanent opportunities, offer a consultative approach and have a reputation for providing a superior service to both clients and candidates.

The business focuses on building long lasting relationships based on reliability and trust. We do this by hiring and retaining a great team of recruitment consultants who listen and understand our client's and candidate's needs.

Start date
n.a
Duration
6 months
From
Outsource UK
Published at
12.12.2014
Project ID:
822389
Contract type
Freelance
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