Finance Assistant

Unipart Logistics
Location: Broughton, Chester Contract type: Full time, Permanent Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday Salary: £32,500 per annum, 30 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme About the Job Unipart provide in-plant logistics for Airbus and we d like you to join us to support the delivery of financial reporting for Airbus, as well as being the point of contact for on-site operational and admin teams queries. Here at Unipart, we don t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart’s From Gate to Great training and development program. As a Finance Assistant you will support the Finance Planner to deliver the outputs required, with your day to day focussed on managing and supporting accurate accrual of costs and weekly reporting and commentary for the Finance Manager. As part of your key responsibilities you ll: Carry out daily and weekly Purchase Order reviews Close out older POs where the requirement is either complete or no longer required Help maintain sign off routes as managers change Review agency invoices against the Time and Attendance system for accuracy Produce weekly finance reports, updating and adding commentary where necessary Review billable activity against underlying effort Support the operations team in developing a resourcing tool that can be used for creating forecasts. Provide support and training in using various finance systems on site to operational teams Review postings to cost centres to ensure cost are in the correct period and cost centre on a monthly basis Raise standard monthly invoices Review headcount reports to ensure that the management structure is correctly allocated across cost centres and agree corrections with HR Adapt as the contract matures to support with increasing the detail of the weekly reporting and support justifying various cost down projects across the site. Expecting the applicant to be AAT Level 3 qualified or equivalent About You We d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you d be able to perform well in this role! AAT Level 3 qualified or equivalent Experience of working with SAP A strong planner and organiser your time management skills will help you to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment You ll have solid IT skills including proficient use in Gmail, Microsoft Office and Google Suite An excellent communicator, you will be able to build strong relationships and will have the ability to influence where needed Strong team player with the ability to work to targets and timescales Analytical, and accurate with good attention to detail, you ll also be adaptable and able to react quickly and effectively to changes and requests Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity – all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day. You may have experience in the following: Finance Assistant, Financial Assistant, Accounting Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Finance Clerk, Accounting Clerk, Accounts Clerk, Finance Administrator, Financial Administrator, Accounts Administrator, Finance Support Specialist, etc. REF-(phone number removed)