The opportunity:

Are you looking to develop your current skills and experience? We are looking for a Senior Finance Administrator to support the Finance Operations team in providing a high quality, accurate financial administration service. In accordance with agreed procedures, service, and quality standards we offer specialist advice to our customers.

Key responsibilities:

• Deputise in the Team Managers absence.
• Ensure all personal actions support the team objective to deliver high quality service that meets SLA and KPI targets, whilst conforming to relevant regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that documents and processes are correctly authorised, complete and accurate.
• Apply knowledge and skills in the treatment of differing standard and non-standard transactions, some of which will have a financial impact, depending upon the conclusions.
• Resolve problems and queries arising on the Section and provide assistance, advice and offer alternative solutions to internal and external customers and suppliers (verbally and in writing) in an effective and professional manner.
• Assist in proving the correctness of the Company’s records by operation of timely, secure and effective controls and processes, likely to include completion of both straightforward and more complex reconciliations, investigating and clearing any items arising.
• Prepare, check and control information and payments for despatch to internal/external customers and suppliers (e.g. cheques, commission statements, remittance advices, standard and non-standard letters/memos etc).
• Likely to prepare journals from computer or manually produced schedules and input data quickly and accurately to the appropriate system, maintaining records of actions taken aka recommendations to improve the processes where appropriate.
• Assist other members of the team or Department, as directed by the Team Leader, particularly in times of heavy workloads/absence, working at all times effectively as a member of the team in supporting the business processes.

Your skills and experience:

• Numerate and accurate, with good keyboard skills and capable of working to the required standards within tight deadlines.
• Sound knowledge of relevant processes, technical standards and systems, and detailed knowledge of relevant Company/Statutory rules and regulations.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact tactfully with customers/suppliers.
• Ability to interpret and form judgements on unusual transactions and relate to Company policy.
• Proactive approach to solving problems / offering solutions.
• Ability to cope and manage varying workloads and pressures.
• Ability to work in a team/be a team player.