Financial Operations Assistant

4 weeks ago


Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Halfords Full time

Job Purpose

The Financial Operations Assistant will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of the Accounts Payable process at Halfords. This involves building strong commercial relationships with suppliers, processing purchase invoices, and raising purchase orders. The successful candidate will also be responsible for resolving queries arising from the Accounts Payable ledger, reconciling supplier statements, and analyzing vendor usage.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Build strong commercial relationships with the supplier base to avoid service impact.
  2. Purchase invoice processing and raising of purchase orders.
  3. Resolution of all queries arising as a result of activity on the Accounts Payable ledger.
  4. Monthly reconciliation of supplier statements and investigation of any spurious balances.
  5. Analysis of vendor usage, including OTV and Procurement card.
  6. Payment processing and allocation, including BACS and DD.
  7. Payment query resolution.
  8. Data preparation for Balance Sheet reconciliations.
  9. Procurement card transaction coding and journal preparation.
  10. Investigation of historic balances across the ledger.
  11. Clearing bank clearing accounts and processing journals.
  12. Expenses review, approval, audit, and support.
  13. Company card and Fuel card review and support.
  14. Property Costs support as required.
  15. Support the assigned Team Leader with Continuous Improvement activities and other day-to-day tasks as required.

Key Skills

This role requires a high level of accuracy, strong team skills, and excellent communication skills. The successful candidate will also need to have a good knowledge of Excel and Word, and experience of SAP and/or Accounts Payable would be advantageous.

Working Environment

The office environment is both friendly and lively, and the successful candidate will be comfortable working in such an environment.



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