Finance Administrator

Platform Resourcing are working with a very well-established company with an office in Port Talbot to find a new **Finance Administrator (32 hours per week over 5 days)** to join the team. The company has an excellent reputation, have a friendly team that offer a supportive environment. Their staff retention is strong, they have had a lot of growth in thisparticular team and finding the right fit is of the utmost importance as they all get along so well.

**The Role**:
The role is required to cover 32 hours over the 5 days, as long as you work between 8.30am and 5pm they can be totally flexible with start and finish times, also allowing you to work shorter hours on the Friday if you would prefer. You will be working aspart of the Finance team, ensuring accounts are accurate and processes are robust. You will be responsible for the overall Purchase to Pay cycle including supplier engagement and system maintenance.

Preferably you will have experience within Sales Ledger/ Purchase Ledger, a Finance Assistant/ Administration role.

**Benefits**:

- Yearly salary of £24,000 pro rata (32 hours per annum will be £20,467, £12.30 per hour)
- 23 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
- Opportunity to extend to full time hours in the future
- Long term progression with a stable company that has been running for over 35 years
- Pension
- Cash back health scheme
- Death in Service Scheme

**Finance Administrator Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Checking, posting and allocation of payments in SAGE 200 and completing bank account reconciliations
- Timely processing of customer purchase invoices through Accounts Payable Automated Invoice system, auditing accuracy and automating steps where possible
- Reconciling purchase ledger accounts to supplier statements
- Managing supplier accounts including high value deposit payments and therefore managing debit balances on the purchase ledger
- Processing a fortnightly payment run for multiple currencies plus ad hoc payments as required
- Manage the Purchase Ledgers across multiple companies including reconciling the respective control accounts
- Responding to relevant supplier enquiries, building strong relationships with them
- Calculate and analyse the GRNI accrual using Excel as well as ensuring the timely maintenance of POs in SAGE
- Managing the Accounts Payable Automated Invoice system (Kefron) including the system administration
- Managing the SAGE 200 system administration for PO authorization groups and the creation and maintenance of service items as well as providing user support where needed
- Drive efficiencies and automation to improve processes and provide valuable information

**Finance Administrator Essential Skills/ Experience**:

- Experience of working in a similar role and working with SAGE is essential (experience of using SAGE200 is highly desirable).
- Experience within a Finance administrator/ Finance Assistant/ Purchase Ledger or Accounts role
- Experience of processing invoices, raising purchase orders and reconciling accounts
- Knowledge of sales ledger
- Confident to liaise over the telephone, building relationships with suppliers and customer
- Able to work well within a team, giving ideas for improvement
- Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook

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