Finance Administrator - Cheltenham, United Kingdom - Spirax-Sarco Engineering

Spirax-Sarco Engineering

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Cheltenham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Finance Administrator

Role Overview:

Finance Administration tasks, such as, Banking entries and organising Payments, Auditing and processing Colleague Expenses. The department looks after many centralised activities so there are multiple tasks. Processes and Tasks carried out will vary over time.

Your objectives and responsibilities will focus on

Cash and Banking Processing

Processing bank transactions and payments via various mechanisms
Running automated payment processes using our Finance system eg preparing BACS runs, Overseas Payment runs
Processing 'one off' or 'regular' manual payments via our Banking system (Barclays.

NET) eg set up and maintaining Payee Templates for payees

Checking all Manual payment requests are complete and authorised, keying these onto the system
Ensuring monthly overseas payrolls and Monthly Pension are paid
Contacting payment requestors, or the Accounts Payable teams and other colleagues (or Barclays) if any queries to solve problems
Allocation of Cash Receipts to the correct Debtor accounts
Working with Credit Services (Accounts receivable) to ensure that the cash is allocated accurately and on time

Employee Expenses (Concur expenses system)

Carrying out 'audits' of Expense claims before payment to ensure they are compliant with our policies and have relevant receipts
Contacting claimants to seek further information where necessary and assist them with making their claims
Setting up new users and processing leavers on our Expenses system and payment ledgers
Running reports from Concur to look at Approval routes, and making corrections/updates to routes for leavers and joiners

We endeavour to 'team work' within Central Finance and this role will (over time) be supporting varied tasks and working with others

Your previous experience is likely to include.

Accounting background or experience within an Accounts department (or experience gained in another technical role)
Understanding of logical accounting principles
Accounting system experience

To be successful in this role you will

Possess good excel skills and be comfortable handling large volumes of data
Accuracy and attention to detail
Excellent communication skills
Problem solving skills and solutions oriented

About us:

The Steam Specialities business is one of four businesses within the Spirax-Sarco Engineering Group, with global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos).

These OpCos are organised into four Divisions:
EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

We acquired Gestra five years ago and since then have operated it as its own business, and as such, we operate two brands, Spirax Sarco and Gestra.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world.

Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare.

With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate.

We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

Benefits

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible/hybrid working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days' paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts' portal.

We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.

Everyone is Included at Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential.

For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone's contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always cons