Do you have experience of working in a diverse high volume, multi-site finance environment?
Do you have proven experience of processing and problem-solving?
Then consider the role of Finance Executive at Reed in Partnership
What is the role about?
The Finance Services Executive is responsible for ensuring correct, authorised and timely payments are issued to Participants and for ensuring finance procedures and contractual requirement are always observed. They will be comfortable in a high volume, transactional environment, with exact targets, controls and guidelines and a passion for customer satisfaction is essential for this role .
Just some of your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
Central Payment Validation and Processing:
- Payment Processing: Handle participant payment requests in accordance with company procedures and agreed timelines (including E-Vouchers, BACS payments, credit card requests and Amazon orders).
- Stock Management: Maintain the stock ordering system to ensure all offices always have adequate supplies of cash and travel cards.
- Order Processing: Process orders for cash and travel card replenishments, adhering to ordering procedures.
- Office Orders: Manage office orders for Banner and Amazon in line with company policies and procedures.
- Purchase Orders: Raise Purchase Orders for Complete IT, Travel Card stock and other suppliers as required.
- Transactional Duties: Perform additional transactional duties as required.
Office Stock & Closing Counts Variances:
- Reconciliation: Review weekly reconciliations of petty cash and travel card spend at each operational site.
- Variance Investigation: Investigate any variances in on-site reconciliations and prepare a weekly report for review by the Finance Services Team Leader.
Other Responsibilities:
- Training: Deliver induction and refresher finance procedures training to Operations.
- Procedure Documentation: Write and maintain finance procedures to ensure all programs have updated versions available through the Finance Portal, along with all associated forms.
- Query resolution: Handling queries from operational colleagues regarding payment processes and their status, ensuring timely resolution.
- Site Setup: Assist the Finance Services Team Leader with the setup of new operational sites and the associated services required at each site.
Additional Duties: Perform any other duties as required by the Finance Services Team Leader or Financial Transactions Manager.
This Job Description is non-contractual and does not constitute an exhaustive list. The Finance Services Team Leader will be expected to carry out any other duties as may be specified by the line manager from time to time.
What’s in it for you?
A generous base salary (pro-rata for part time), and great flexibility with your working schedule, we offer training, development and progression opportunities. You will have access to the range of Reed in Partnership benefits, which include:
- 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time) plus statutory bank holidays
- Reed Pension Scheme
- Award Winning Management & Leadership training
- Professional & Personal Development Funds
- Bi-annual pay reviews
- Plus much more that can be found on our website
- With the chance to dramatically make a difference to the local community, this role offers immense job satisfaction.
At Reed in Partnership, we live and breathe our values in every decision and action taken, resulting in a collaborative and enjoyable culture within our offices. Our company values – we are fair open and honest; we take ownership, and we work together.
To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with:
Essential Criteria:
- Demonstrable experience of working in a diverse high volume, multi-site finance environment with a proven commitment to meeting targets, delivering customer excellence.
- Meticulous and accurate, with experience of financial analysis and reconciliation
- Background where the focus is on customer experience and an unerring personal commitment to agreed services levels to both internal & external stakeholders
- Proven experience of processing and problem-solving using ERP systems, preferably WorkDay
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Excellent time management skills and proven ability to prioritise workload in a high volume and demanding environment
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, with a pro-active and problem-solving attitude.
- Comprehensive understanding of data sources and reporting, with good Excel knowledge, able to produce, maintain and improve workbooks to present financial information
- A team player with good interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills
Desirable Criteria/Experience:
- Previous experience of contributing to the development of financial control processes
- AAT or similar qualification, or working towards
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £23,500.00-£25,500.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Liverpool L1 2SA