About us:
Were born and bred in Glasgow. Our business was founded on the Clyde back in 1864, and were still here today. We are proud to roast exceptional coffee for thousands of cafés and hospitality businesses across the UK & Ireland.
Our workforce has grown to over 350 to support our expanding customer base, product range and service offering. We count some of the industrys leading talents among our staff, from green coffee buyers and roasting technicians, to barista trainers and field engineers.
Do you want to join our team of top talent in an exciting and industry-leading organisation? Read on!
Position: Finance Assistant
Location: Lisburn, Head Office
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Salary: £28-£33,000.00 per annum + Benefits
Benefits: 28 days annual leave plus 4 bank holidays, Pension, Life Assurance, Medicash scheme, cycle to work scheme, and as much coffee as you can drink!
Purpose of Role:
In this role, you will be responsible to support various finance functions with a wide variety of accounting tasks for processing invoices, reconciling accounts, and providing administrative support to the finance team. The overall purpose will be to contribute to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the finance department.
Key Responsibilities:
- Management and organisation of the finance and credt control inbox and filing of all communication in an organised and structured way.
- Posting all receivables transactions from the bank statement to the customer account and reconcliations.
- Resolve queries and investigate unallocated cash queries or payment discrepancies
- Preparing and processing the direct debit run every month alongside credit control
- Work closely with the Credit Control in order to maintain up to date customer accounts and monitor customer accounts and chasing overdue payments
- Processing supplier invoices and reconciling supplier statements
- Assisting with payment runs and general purchase legder duties
- Raising sales invoices and credit notes
- Assist with balance sheet reconciliations and supporting month end processes
- Perform other monthly adhoc task, assist with annual external audit and general finance administration
- Work collaboratively across finance and operational teams
Experience
To be considered for this opportunity it is essential that you have previous experience in a finance position, ideally in FMCG or a B2B company. Youll be a competent user of all Microsoft Office packages. Youll be an excellent team player who can also take responsibility for your own workload.
Skills / Knowledge
Essential:
- Competent in all Microsoft Office packages specifically Outlook, Excel, and Word to a high level
- Competent in finance software/ERP System
- Excellent communication skills to communicate with other teams in a positive manner
- Highly numerate with strong analytical skills; methodical and precise in producing accurate work, with a proactive approach to follow-up
Desirable:
- Previous use of Dynamics D365 or relevant ERP System
Personal Attributes
Ability to work under pressure & prioritise own workload- Focused on company targets while attentive to all processes and deadlines
- Hands on and a proactive attitude
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to follow strict processes, structures, and deadlines
- Driven to improve processes and deliver results efficiently
- Able to build effective internal and external working relationships with a variety of people
Application
If this sounds like you, then you could be the right fit for us! Please click APPLY, upload your CV and well be in touch as soon as we can.
Thanks, from the Team @ Matthew Algie
Please note this is not a sponsored role, you MUST have Right to Work in Ireland.
Equal Opportunities:
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. As part of this commitment, we monitor the community background and gender of applicants and employees to support equality of opportunity and to comply with our obligations under the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998.
Providing this information is entirely voluntary, and there is no penalty if you choose not to respond. However, we encourage participation. The information collected will be used for reporting purposes only and will be submitted anonymously to the Equality Commission. It will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be used in any recruitment or employment decisions.
Our selection for recruitment does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation or gender reassignment status (protected characteristics).
