Financial Assistant

Situation

Ford and Stanley are proud to be collaborating with an established innovative telecoms and networks solutions provider in their search for a Finance Assistant/Finance Analyst.
A company that invests in their employees, this is an opportunity to be trained directly by leaders of the business and be supported in your future financial qualifications, working for a leading Rail industry player. 

The Opportunity:

With an exciting pipeline of projects with Network Rail and London Underground, there is a requirement for an Finance Assistant; tasked with playing a crucial part in the organisation of accounting, by supporting the Management Accountant. 

Job Role: Finance Assistant/Finance Analyst 

Working Practice: Hybrid working.

Contract Type: Permanent

 Location: Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Essentials Criteria:

• Started AAT and wanting to continue financial career. 
• Confident with Excel

Role and Responsibilities:

• Supports the preparation of project related monthly PL reports, for approval .
• Assists with the Preparation of the monthly closing files for projects assigned.
• Gathers overdue information by each NSC and PME review, and analyzes and reports on a monthly basis.
• Processes and checks inbound invoices with budget approved, and ensure correct postings in SAP PL & BS.
• Needs experience using accounting software ideally SAP if possible
• Ideally would have experience working on target cost contracts
• Producing weekly / monthly cost reports in format required and cost reporting (i.e. cost codes, cashbook detail)
• Compiling folder of invoices and necessary substantiation to support cashbook entries.
• Managing cost transfer process (for incorrectly allocated costs) and carrying out cost journaling
• Management of cost accruals and liabilities to be included in cost report (specifically subcontractors)
• Supports the PM by working closely with project buyer to ensure material / plant not yet invoiced is being captured in costs and reconciled once invoice arrives.
• Working closely with project buyer to ensure adequate information required for the cashbook is available for intercompany transactions where there may be no invoice (IT costs, accommodation costs, warehouse materials)
• General validation of costs to ensure that all costs relating to assigned project are being included (including fee-based costs, accommodation costs, payroll costs etc)
• Assist the commercial team in the reconciliation of payments from client with invoices submitted.

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness.

Ford & Stanley Group Ltd is a Disability Confident Committed employer and is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.