Finance Administrator - Devizes, United Kingdom - DS Smith

DS Smith

Verified Company

Devizes, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A vacancy is available within our Finance function for a Finance Administrator.

This role provides financial administrative support to our Devizes, Wiltshire manufacturing site, whilst working closely with the Cluster Operations Finance Business Partner, site teams and the Shared Service Centre (SSC).

Key duties include:

Working with departments to monitor costs throughout the month.
Providing support for adhoc site queries and analysis on key business performance metrics.
Using SAP and other systems to generate credit notes, supplementary sales invoices as required.
Requesting additions and amendments to customer, supplier and material master records via the SSC.
Using business systems to monitor and maintain credit limits and customer accounts on/off stop.
Supporting the Operations Finance team at month end to ensure SSC transactional processing is accurate and complete.
Working with teams across the site to improve efficiencies and financial processes and procedures, to ensure effective cost and margin control within the business.
Collaborating with the Operations team and other colleagues within the wider business to improve crossdepartmental relations. To continually challenge and develop our process flows and methods of operating.
Working with Cluster Operations Business Partner to ensure financial control requirements are in place at site and evidence of review is maintained.
Take responsibility for the site workflow, ensuring that workflow items are kept at a minimum level, ensuring only valid costs for the business are processed and that coding is appropriate and consistent.
Support the whole business in ensuring all open purchase orders remain valid and current, closing down PO's when they are no longer required and matching against workflow items where appropriate.
Coordinating payments to businesscritical suppliers at half year and year end in conjunction with the SSC.
Liaising with the SSC and site teams on customer and supplier related queries and issues. Ensure site debtor queries are kept to a minimum to maximise cashflow.
To be accountable for your own health & safety and that of the department whilst at work, operating in line with company procedures to enable a safe working environment. To raise any unsafe acts seen immediately with individual(s) concerned and immediate reporting of health and safety incidents to management.
A strong finance background & previous experience of SAP Business system, strong reporting background and with the ability to communicate to all levels.
Demonstrable proficiency in MS Excel & working knowledge of MS Word & Outlook
Strong numerical and organisational skills
A good understanding of finance administration & controls
A high level of drive and enthusiasm to seek out improvements, with a challenging and inquisitive attitude
A level of commercial and business acumen
Ability to work on own initiative, planning & prioritising your own workload effectively in a fast moving, demanding environment, in order to achieve desired outcomes
Business and/or financial administration related qualification e.g. AAT would be an advantage