Finance Administration Officer - purchase ledger
- Employer
- The Gxp Recruitment Company
- Location
- UK
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 10 Jul 2022
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- Sector
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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GxP Recruitment invites applications on behalf of our biotechnology client in Motherwell where an excellent opportunity now exists for a Finance Administration Officer to join their team on a permanent basis.
Key duties include:
* Checking and sending purchase orders to suppliers
* Monitoring outstanding / query purchase orders and liaising with suppliers directly
* Monitoring accounts mailbox for queries and incoming invoices
* Matching invoices to purchase orders and goods received by stores
* Coding and processing of supplier invoices to accounting system
* Dealing with supplier/invoice queries
* Reconciling monthly key supplier accounts
* Performing bank reconciliations
* Preparing VAT return for review
* Posting of petty cash receipts to accounting system
* Processing of staff expenses and posting to accounting system
* Other accounting work (such as maintaining fixed asset register and credit card statement reconciliations and processing)
* Finance administration including filing, archiving, completion of forms etc
The candidate profile:
* 5 Standard Grades/National Level 5s/GCSEs including Maths
* HNC/D in Accounting or similar equivalent (desirable but not essential)
* Foundation AAT or similar equivalent (desirable but not essential)
* Minimum 2 years' work experience in a commercial finance team / purchase ledger role
* Good understanding of core accounting processes of a finance function
* Experience using accountancy software
* Excellent written/oral communication and interpersonal skills
* Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
* Thorough approach to work and high attention to detail
* Strong time management and organisational skills
Key duties include:
* Checking and sending purchase orders to suppliers
* Monitoring outstanding / query purchase orders and liaising with suppliers directly
* Monitoring accounts mailbox for queries and incoming invoices
* Matching invoices to purchase orders and goods received by stores
* Coding and processing of supplier invoices to accounting system
* Dealing with supplier/invoice queries
* Reconciling monthly key supplier accounts
* Performing bank reconciliations
* Preparing VAT return for review
* Posting of petty cash receipts to accounting system
* Processing of staff expenses and posting to accounting system
* Other accounting work (such as maintaining fixed asset register and credit card statement reconciliations and processing)
* Finance administration including filing, archiving, completion of forms etc
The candidate profile:
* 5 Standard Grades/National Level 5s/GCSEs including Maths
* HNC/D in Accounting or similar equivalent (desirable but not essential)
* Foundation AAT or similar equivalent (desirable but not essential)
* Minimum 2 years' work experience in a commercial finance team / purchase ledger role
* Good understanding of core accounting processes of a finance function
* Experience using accountancy software
* Excellent written/oral communication and interpersonal skills
* Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
* Thorough approach to work and high attention to detail
* Strong time management and organisational skills
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