Finance Assistant - Norwich, United Kingdom - Lakeside Foods

Lakeside Foods

Verified Company

Norwich, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking a finance assistant to join our finance team of 10 working for a successful wholesale company based south of Norwich.

Your new role will play a vital part in our growth plans and will help ensure the continued success of the business.

This role is being offered on a fixed term basis for a period of 12 months.

This role is a great opportunity for someone who is starting out in their finance career or for someone looking to gain experience in this sector.

About the company
Lakeside Food Group was established in 1989 and is situated in the beautiful grounds of Ketteringham Hall.

We are a significant player in the food distribution market with a reputation for quality, innovation and integrity with a strong team based and working across the UK, EU and Asia.

Lakeside is passionate about what it does and appreciates the value of a happy and motivated workforce.

We are looking for those who can align with:

Being customer focused
Being committed to Quality
Being driven and innovative
Being environmentally responsible
Being empowered
Being ethical and transparent

If you are interested in working for a company committed to a culture of professionalism, growth, integrity, positivity and innovation, we would love to hear from you.

Main Duties

Import Documents:

Import document checks, planning and authorisation of payments, dealing with associated queries
DP document check and payment authorisation at bank system(Max Trad)

LOC

Raising Letter of Credit, amendments
Booking goods in (Sapman V12) when PAID and trade loan raised
Chasing for missing documents based on shipping schedule, weekly documents ETA checks
Forecasting payments for month in advance
Keeping records of shipping and payment averages by supplier
Checking/authorisation of demurrage and potential recharges, regular check of rates

Sales Invoicing:

Daily Invoicing (Sapman V12) based on outstanding sales orders and paperwork provided by supply chain
Daily resolving queries and raising Credit Notes
Daily EDI of Sales Invoices (retailers)
Daily mailing of Sales Invoices (rest of customers)

Credit Control:

Support for Senior Credit Controller
Chasing for payments and resolving queries when required

Other:

Monthly checking stock reports
Monthly Import /Export cost reconciliation
Weekly admin support to finance team, updating various reconciliations
Updating Finance policy and procedures
Holiday cover for expenses

We are looking for someone who:

has some previous finance experience

- has excellent attention to detail
- is able to work to strict deadlines
- is able to manage their own time
- has excellent communication skills and able to communicate with people at different levels across the business
- has experience Microsoft Excel 365 advanced knowledge of formulas, Pivots and other accounting systems
- previous experience in food manufacturing (D)
- previous experience of Business Central (Dynamics Navision), Sage 200, Sapman V12, EDI (D)

Application deadline: 18/03/2024

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months

Salary:
£25,000.00 per year

Benefits: