A fantastic opportunity to work for a global engineering company in their new virtual Finance Operations Team. YOU will be working with the finance and project teams to support them on finance-related activities, as well as participating in finance projects and continuous improvement activities with the team and the wider business.
Initially, this is a 12-month contract working from home, but you need to be flexible to attend the office when needed. You will ideally have a finance or business degree, but a minimum of 3 A levels or equivalent at Grade C or above. If you have or are working towards a professional accounting qualification (AAT or CIMA), this would be advantageous.
THE ROLE
* Prepare fee invoices, ensuring timely and accurate invoicing to clients. Assist with ensuring monthly invoicing and cash collection targets are met.
* Clear outstanding items before month-end, e.g., timesheets, cash allocation, transfers, and check non-billable numbers, general ledger, etc., actioning as appropriate.
* Monitor outstanding timesheet balances and aid in the process of ensuring that project timesheets are submitted punctually.
* Assist with understanding changes to staff conditions, e.g., site appointments, change of hours/conditions, and ensure that timesheets properly reflect the change.
* Assist with monitoring and analysing monthly results, including overheads & cash, following up on anomalies and variances.
* Support with monitoring the financial performance of projects, including income against costs, WIP, and cash flow.
* Review project forecasts with project managers regularly and support with updating PFF as appropriate.
* Undertake general financial housekeeping activities, such as checking dead job numbers and performing time and expenses transfers as required.
* Monitor shared mailboxes, resolving or escalating queries.
* Support with Accounts Payable processes and topics, liaising with approvers and GFSS AP as necessary to ensure prompt approval and on-time payment of suppliers.
Essential Skills and Knowledge
* Good numeracy and literacy skills and digital awareness.
* Good knowledge of Microsoft packages.
* Good knowledge of standard finance processes, procedures, and systems.
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