Finance Assistant

Description:

We’re looking for a Finance Assistant to join our Transportation team based in Edmonton, North London. Within this role, you can enjoy 26 days annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and even more.

Can you imagine a world without roads without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.
Responsibilities
As a Finance Assistant you will work closely with contract teams to accurately capture costs, aid procurement, and prepare monthly management accounts and information to support decision making, process improvement and drive contract efficiencies.

Your day to day will include:

• Raising purchase orders, entering goods receipts, monitoring registered invoice control and resolving invoice queries
• Distributing costs and workflow reports and working with contract teams to ensure processes are adhered to such that these reports are a true reflection of current performance
• Maintain accurate cost capture via journal entries
• Support Commercial & Operational team to ensure there is full understanding and ownership of costs
• Preparation of cost reconciliations – people, plant, systems, subcontractors

Who are we looking for?
This role of Finance Assistant is great for you if you have:

• AAT, CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualifications
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Excel and Computerised Accounting Systems
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and a willing contributor with meetings