Finance Assistant

Job Description

We are currently looking for a finance assistant to join our finance team.
Both roles are going to be based at our Birkenhead Office and working from home 2-3 days per week.

The salary will be circa: £22,000 to £26,000 per annum (depending on experience)
The Finance Assistant will work as part of the wider Finance Operations team to provide an accurate and efficient accounts payable ledger, expense ledger and refund and commission process for BSC.
1. Duties & Responsibilities

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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.

2. Internal Communications

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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

Job Skills Specific Role Requirements

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

Desired Experience/Skills:

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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

Further Information

At BSC, we expect all our colleagues to behave in ways that both support and promote our Vision, Mission & Values.
BSC VISION: To provide customers with steppingstones to their future by delivering outstanding and transformational learning experiences. BSC MISSION: By believing that “Great Things Start Here” and standing behind all that this means. If we believe it, our customers will achieve it! VALUES Aim Higher: We proactively make suggestions and solutions for challenges and opportunities. Collaborate: We are team players -we treat everyone with respect and understand that we succeed collectively, not as individuals. Communicate: We communicate in a timely way with clarity, respect and transparency. Customer Focus: We seek to provide consistent high-quality experiences that customers will remember. Employee Focus: We seek to reward and recognise excellence and innovation within our employees.