Finance Assistant in Londonderry

You will work for a global company and a market leader whose service, innovation and quality keep them at the forefront of their industry. They have 11 sites worldwide, employ over 1,400 people and have been in business for over 60 years.

As Finance Assistant, you will work within the accounts payable team who look after a wide variety of transactional activities spanning different areas of the Finance and Accounting function. Your responsibilities will include:

• Enter vendor invoices into ERP systems to the appropriate general ledger accounts to generate payments.
• Maintain financial accuracy through adhering to all Accounts Payable policies and procedures.
• Follow up with procurement to ensure blocked invoices are resolved timely, ensuring vendors are paid within terms.
• Analyse and resolve vendor invoices in “blocked” or “parked” status.
• Prepare month-end accruals in a timely manner per the month-end checklist schedule.
• Prepare month-end supplier reconciliations and review of GRIR.
• Organise and execute invoice approval workflow in a timely manner to maximise discount opportunities.
• Work closely with location accountants to resolve accounts payable issues, such as vendors not paid, goods receipts, purchase orders, intercompany account confirmations.
• Identify process improvement opportunities that will recognise the root cause of discrepancies, reduce future occurrences of aged account balances, and work with appropriate internal contacts to implement those improvements.
• Support Customer Collection Activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned. Will include support of special projects as identified.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of contacts, from corporate and external vendors to manufacturing employees.
• Strong organisational skills in handling multiple responsibilities simultaneously with high attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Proactive problem-solving and results-oriented, able to work on own initiative.

Desirable Criteria:

• Proven experience working in a fast-paced Finance function working to tight deadlines.
• Experience with SAP and other ERP Systems.
• Studying towards or educated to 3rd level standard with a business-related diploma or degree.

You will work for a global company on a contracted basis for 6 months, with the possibility of extension. Hours of work are Monday to Thursday, 8am-5pm with a 12noon finish on a Friday. You will be offered a competitive salary.