Finance Business Partner I - Solihull, United Kingdom - GKN Aerospace

GKN Aerospace
GKN Aerospace
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Solihull, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.


GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we're inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries.

We're proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies. And we're committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet.

With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers.

There are no limits to where you can take your career.


Job Summary:

A Truly Global Business
Every day, around the world, we help aircrafts fly further, faster and greener. We're the world's leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components.

With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 13 countries serving over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers with sales of £2.8bn.

Together as "one GKN" we're moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions.

We're putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050


How You'll Contribute:

Making a Difference

It's great to know you're making a difference to the future of aviation Whatever part you play you'll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers.

As a Finance Business Partner your day will be varied and include the below daily activities;

  • Input and process supplier invoices (avg. 300 / mth) including regular statement reconciliations
  • Process and output Sales Ledger Invoices and debt collection activities
  • Approve staff expense claims (avg. 200 / mth)
  • Prepare weekly payments (weekly BACS, intercompany and foreign currency)
  • Support in weekly cash flow forecast by providing data on invoices due and weekly estimates of future receipts and payments.
  • Support month end close activities (reconciliations, processing intercompany recharges)
  • No PO No Pay Policy
  • Raising and approval of purchase requisitions
  • VAT return preparation
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • Bank reconciliations including GL posting and matching as required and assisting with Cash Forecasting
  • Balance Sheet reconciliations
  • Provide functional accounting support to Finance Manager and supporting Finance Graduate
  • Process and payment of Supplier invoices
  • Process Sales Ledger Invoices
  • Process Employee expense claims
  • Raise Purchase Requisitions for certain cost centers and then creating confirmations as invoices are received / goods/services received
  • Approval of purchase requisitions for other cost centers, ensuring correct coding / attachments / information and that spend is in line with budget / forecast
  • Regularly sending out lists of unapproved Purchase Requisitions to the business
  • Assist in educating / training business on how to raise orders and their importance
  • Send monthly data to EY
  • Pre month end review VAT data to ensure accuracy of coding
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • Reviewing Assets Under Construction (AUC's) and liaising with Project owners to ensure assets are capitalised and depreciated adhering with company policy
  • Ensuring P&L asset entries are zero on a monthly basis (costs to be transferred to balance sheet)
  • Bank Reconciliations
  • Assist with collation/preparation of data relating to PSA
  • Any other duties deemed necessary to the role

What You'll Bring:


Essential Criteria:

  • Strong experience of Purchase & Sales Ledger
  • Experience of Month End accounting activities
  • Excellent Numeracy and Literacy skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications

Desirable Criteria:

  • Experienced SAP user

What We'll Offer:

Once you're on board you'll get the following perks and benefits:

  • Competitive salary dependent on experience
  • Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we'll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
  • Life Assurance 8 x salary
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Flexible working hours & Remote working
  • Income protection
  • Shopping discounts
  • Cycle To Work Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family A collaborative, dynamic working environmentWe'll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
We're also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recr
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