Assistant Finance Manager

Job description

Ref: req44980

Position: Assistant Finance Manager
Location: Normanton
Customer: NHS SC
Salary: Circa £24 000
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Closing Date for Applications: 3rd September 2017

As an Assistant Finance Manager you will be responsible for providing financial and administrative support to the Regional Commercial Controller for the Regional Distribution Centre by delivering timely and value added services whilst meeting deadlines with accuracy. You will also be responsible for ensuring that all policies and procedures are adhered to at all times.

Key Responsibilities in this role will include:

Reviews Site purchasing, ie raising and receipting Purchase Orders to correct P&L Codes, correct authorisation process followed. Procurement Card Transactions reviews Purchasing Logs. Reviews Product ordering and allocation.
Reviews Holiday and Sick records and Working Time Directive reporting.
Reviews and authorises the collation of Payroll hours and Agency hours, for payroll, purchasing and LOGICS portal usage.
Assist with the production of the period pack.
Identify areas of continuous improvement.
Identify cost saving opportunities
Provide sickness/holiday cover for the Regional Commercial Controller.
Undertake financial analysis and projects as required.
Other adhoc admin requests as required.
Monitor contractor performance, eg building maintenance, catering, office cleaning, etc.
Reconciliation of Supplier statements as required.
Provide information to the DC management team as required.
Provide information to the Regional Commercial Controller and Head of Operational Finance as required.
Assist with period end trading, raising ILJ's, journal inputting, reconciliation of costs, verification of WH Variance Analysis.
Assist with collation of weekly reports required for quicks, inputting of costs and KPI data.
Attend Weekly Cost Review meetings where required.
Assist with producing monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations.
Assist with collating information for Plan Process.
Ensure all DHL accounting policies are adhered to at all times.
Finance & Admin Assistants/Receptionist – FTE 3

Desired profile

Key skills and experience in this role will include:

Finance experience in a similar role
Ability to work unsupervised within procedural guidelines
Recognise and understand the need to maintain confidentiality
People Management skills desirable
Computer Literate - intermediate/advanced Excel skills
Oracle Financials experience desirable
Educated to high school (Secondary) standard desirable
AAT Qualified/Studying towards

What will you get in return?

As a part of a growing DHL population you will receive access to a variety of our excellent benefits which could include; 25 days holiday, pension scheme, medical cover, childcare vouchers, retail discounts, flexible working, training, development and secondments opportunities and MANY MORE.

What you'll need to do next?

If you have a proven track record of achievement to match the requirements for this role and you are looking for your next career move, simply apply online ensuring that a full up to date CV is attached with your application.

We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent and consistent across the UK. We want to ensure that the candidate experience is of the highest professional standard.

The Company is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. Furthermore we aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only employees but also our potential future employees are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. We will ensure that equality of opportunity maintains a high profile in our organisation.