Finance Officer in Slough

This role plays a critical part in maintaining accurate financial records, facilitating seamless vendor relationships, and contributing to the smooth operation of the accounts payable function, whilst ensuring consistency and compliance with UK accounting standards and internal controls. You will oversee the day-to-day operation of the Purchase Ledger function for the Overhead costs, ensuring accurate and timely invoice processing, effective supplier account management, and timely resolution of queries. You will also support the analysis of these costs for month end review.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure accurate and timely processing of Overhead invoices, resolving any discrepancies with internal departments.
• Day-to-day Accounts Payable activity in a high-volume environment, ensuring invoices (PO, Non-PO and expenses) are processed accurately and within SLA.
• Manage processes, resolve supplier queries, and handle urgent or time-critical payments with the right controls in place.
• Building considerable relationships with both internal stakeholders and external suppliers will be key to keeping everything running smoothly.
• Month end activities such as reconciliation and financial analysis for all Overhead Costs.
• Manage the Balance Sheet Reconciliation of the relevant General Ledgers.
• Support the Line Manager with operational oversight by helping with reporting, KPI tracking and driving improvements across processes to increase efficiency and promote and improve cost effectiveness within the business.
• Review costs to identify requirements for prepayments and accruals.
• Leading and supporting junior team members, delivering training and development where needed.
• Ensuring compliance with internal controls, policies and audit requirements.
• Support reporting, audits, and continuous improvement within the finance function.

Job Requirements - Experience and Education:

Key Experience:

• AAT, CIMA, ACCA qualified or similar.
• Proven experience in a high-volume environment.
• Considerable Excel skills (including VLOOKUPs and IF formulas).
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the business.
• Self-starter with a solution-focused mindset.
• Minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

Desirable:

• Experience working in the freight & logistics industry.
• Experience with SAP & Ariba.

Leadership Behaviors:

• Building Outstanding Teams.
• Collaborate & break silos.
• Execution & Accountability.
• External focus.
• Growth mindset.
• Inclusion.
• Innovation.
• Setting a clear direction.
• Simplification.

Skills:

• Attention To Details.
• Communication Skills.
• Data Analysis.
• Documentation Management.
• Financial Acumen.
• Relationship Building.
• Results Oriented.
• Teamwork.
• Time Management.

We offer: Aramex Benefits Package: Life Assurance (available after 6 months of service) – 4x salary (Met Life), Pension (Standard Life - 3% employer, 5% employee), Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) (Telus Health), Free Flu Jab and Eye Care Voucher, Occupational Health Services, 25 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, Special Shipping Rates for Aramex Employees.