Finance Assistant

Job Description

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  Responsible for ensuring the accounts payable ledger is accurate and up to date at all times
• Maintain good working relationships with both colleagues cross the business and suppliers, projecting a professional image of the Company at all times
• Day to day management of the accounts payable mailbox and phone line
• Coding and posting purchase ledger invoices, expenses and direct debits
• Responsible for obtaining authorisation for expenditure in line with the published delegation of authority (DOA)
• Coordination, processing and payment of bi-weekly commission and refund payment runs, including posting onto SAP
• Coordination, processing and payment of regular and ad-hoc payment runs, including posting payments onto SAP
• Processing Credit Card and Cash Expenses
• Processing and payment of other ad hoc manual payments, including postings on SAP
• Accounts payable scanning, filing and archiving
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Review supplier ledger frequently to ensure accounts are reconciled and debit balances investigated and dealt with
• Dealing with supplier and other purchase ledger queries
• Review of new suppliers and other changes to supplier master data
• Processing refunds and commissions, including arranging payment and posting into SAP and Fidelo
• Prepare and post monthly invoices, purchase order and debit balance accruals onto SAP
• Assist with preparation of monthly prepayments as required
• Production of aged creditor analysis and commentary
• Close of accounts payable ledger and perform sub-ledger to general ledger reconciliation
• Support audit process and annual accounts production as necessary
• Ensuring all processes and controls are documented and that sufficient controls are operated to ensure integrity of data and safeguarding of company assets.

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  Provide support to all teams across BSC as required, keeping the teams regularly updated on pertinent information
• Maintain a sufficient product knowledge of BSC’s portfolio of products in order to best understand how the role supports the needs of the Commercial and Operational Teams

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  Intermediate Excel skills
• Minimum of 2 years prior experience within purchase ledger
• SAP Business One knowledge essential

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  Process improvement experience a distinct advantage
• Previous experience in a multi stream business preferred
• Studying for recognized accounting qualification highly desirable

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