Purchase-To-Pay Financial Analyst in Edinburgh

Want to be part of a UK hub, in a global business that is scaling rapidly, evolving fast and radically changing the decades-old delivery universe? If so, read on, as we’re looking for a PurchaseToPay Financial Analyst to join our Finance team on a 12 month Fixed-Term basis!

The InPost Newstrade division specialises in final-mile delivery for newspaper publishers and magazine distributors, covering 75% of the UK and Ireland with a 45% market share. Operating from 36 locations, it delivers almost 1bn newspapers, magazines, and collectibles to around 21,000 customers. The division includes core final-mile operations, magazine primary distribution, corporate distribution, outsourced retail consultancy, and airside media placement.

At InPost UK, we’re building an unparalleled group of talent that’s committed to help us power our mission to reshape the way parcels move, and redefine eCommerce logistics. Our team is packed full of top-notch experts in e-commerce, technology, scale-up growth, sustainability, logistics and supply chain. We’re a passionate bunch with high ambition – we collaborate, innovate, support each other, and leave egos at the door.

About the role:

As PurchaseToPay Financial Analyst, you will play a critical role in supporting the financial integrity and transaction finance processes of InPost UK & Ireland. This is a newly created position where you’ll own Payables month end tasks, partner with spending departments for purchasing compliance and own higher skill processes working closely with the PurchaseToPay transaction processing team.

What you’ll be doing:

• The role will be responsible for processes related to Trade Creditors and Payables including: Balance sheet reconciliation and Payables Month end. Purchase to Pay is responsible for c£100M across the balance sheet and the role will be responsible for majority of that balance each month end.
• Reconcile high volume and high value Trade Creditors, Goods Received Not Invoiced (GRNI) PO system accrual, manual accruals and other Payables and Stock related balance sheet accounts.
• Manage quarterly controls around employee accounts on SAP and SAP Concur for reimbursement of expenses for new starts/leavers/amends.
• SAP Concur quarterly mileage rate maintenance.
• Support external and internal audit of Payables e.g. audit samples, process documentation.
• Statutory reporting such as Payments Practices reporting to Companies House. Assist Health & Safety with Environmental reporting from T&E system.
• Follow payment review processes to sign off on payments and send to the bank.
• Report on OCR process optimisation and automation by suppliers/department.
• Complete KPI and volume metrics for Travel & Expense and Accounts Payable automation.
• Run posted invoices reports for InPost e-procurement system.
• Manage suppliers accounts to close supplier records with no activity in recent periods.

What we need from you:

We’re looking for people who are ready for a fast paced environment, get their kicks out of problem solving and can balance getting today's stuff done, whilst building for the future. We’re looking for people with drive and natural curiosity – who want to do things differently. And do them brilliantly. We’d be particularly excited to hear from you if:

• 2-5 years work experience in a large company.
• Preferably working towards an accountancy qualification but not essential if have relevant transactional experience or other purchase to pay qualifications.
• Proven experience in operational finance/transaction processing – accounts payable, expenses and the related liability accounts e.g. Trade creditors, Goods received Not Invoiced, Accruals.
• Hands-on experience with AP automation software, PO Process and workflow.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to produce clear, insightful financial reporting in Excel and Powerpoint.
• Experience completing month-end close and large balance sheet reconciliations for high volume and value accounts to deadline.
• Confident in excel and using large finance systems daily, General Ledger and Accounts Payable. (e.g. SAP, SAP Concur.)

The InPost process: We pride ourselves on our candidate experience. We want to make this as straightforward as possible, for you and for us! We will try our best to get back to you within a few days to let you know if we’d like to take you to the first stage. This normally involves a 20 minute chat with our Talent Team. If we both feel the connection, you’ll then go through another one or two stages, depending on the level of the role. At InPost, we love uniqueness. Our strength is our people. We strive to create an open, equal, inclusive environment in which everyone has the opportunity to flourish and be themselves.