Job Title: Finance Assistant
Location: Chester, office and remote working
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time
The Role:
We are looking to recruit a Finance Assistant to join our Finance Team based on the Chester Business Park. This is a permanent position offering a fantastic working environment and excellent staff benefits. Our benefits package includes access to ‘Perk Box’ which offers over 1,000 perks and discounts from well-known retailers as well as digital content to support wellbeing. We also offer an employee assistance programme, a generous annual bonus, discounted hearing products for friends and family, a very generous pension scheme and regular office lunch treats. Our working week is Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours. This position offers a mix of office and remote working following an initial training period.
The Company:
Formed in 2019 through the merger of Sivantos and Widex, WS Audiology combines over 140 years of experience in pioneering better solutions to help people with hearing loss. With a passion for impact, our 11.000 employees are committed to achieving our purpose: wonderful sound for all. With brands like Signia, Widex, Audio Service, Rexton and Vibe, and with diverse assets across wholesale, retail, online, managed care and diagnostic solutions, we are active in over 125 markets. Going beyond together, we achieve annual revenues of around EUR 2 billion.
Job Duties:
The purpose of this role is to assist the Finance Team to deliver group and statutory reporting and to co-ordinate with the Shared Service Centre to manage the Company AP ledger and to assist with month end and year end closing process and other statutory requirements as well as managing the Company AP processes.
The duties of the role are:
- Work alongside other functions for AP systems testing and changes and liaise with the Finance Share Service Centre to manage AP queries
- Control of AP ledger for maintenance, payment runs and point of contact for suppliers
- Monthly Intrastat returns and quarterly UK VAT & Bi-Monthly Irish VAT returns
- New product launch and item set up and maintenance in system and process pricing credit notes for both brands as per company policy on a timely basis
- Maintain reports of cause for credit notes if required to enable management to address recurring errors
- Month end intercompany reconciliation and invoice processing and month end accrual and prepayment journals
- Work with Operations Manager to organise annual and rolling stock takes and follow up on any variances
About you:
You will have previous AP Experience working with AP ledgers and be keen to study further qualifications for which the Company will support you with. You should have a high level of accuracy, be computer literate with experience of using an ERP system, e-mail and have high level Excel skills.
High level of accuracy and methodical work practices are required for this role and it would be ideal if you hold experience of working in a worldwide group environment.
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Candidates with previous experience and job titles of; Assistant Group Accountant, Accountants administrator , Accounts Clerk, Accounts Assistant, Part Qualified Accountant, AAT Qualified Accountant, Junior Management Accountant will be considered for this role.
