Finance Administrator
DS Smith
part-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Belper • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide support for ad hoc site queries and analysis of key business performance metrics.
- Use SAP and other systems to generate credit notes and supplementary sales invoices as required.
- Assist the Operations Finance team at month-end to ensure accurate and complete SSC transactional processing.
- Collaborate with site teams to improve efficiencies and enhance financial processes for effective cost and margin control.
- Manage site workflow, ensuring items are kept to a minimum, costs are valid, and coding is accurate and consistent.
- Maintain purchase order integrity by ensuring open POs remain valid, closing those no longer required, and matching against workflow items where appropriate.
Requirements
- Strong Excel and numerical skills
- Understanding of finance administration and control
- Self-motivated with a proactive attitude
- Previous finance experience, ideally with SAP and strong reporting skills
- Excellent communication skills; able to interact effectively at all levels
- Highly organised with strong planning and prioritisation abilities
- Driven, inquisitive mindset with enthusiasm for continuous improvement
- Advantageous - Business or finance-related qualification (e.g., AAT)
Benefits
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (pro rated)
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Employee assistance program
- Cycle to work scheme
- Shopping discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Excelfinance administrationreportingnumerical skillstransactional processingcost controlmargin controlpurchase order management
Soft skills
self-motivatedproactive attitudeexcellent communicationhighly organisedstrong planningprioritisation abilitiesdriven mindsetinquisitive mindsetenthusiasm for continuous improvement
Certifications
AAT