Finance Analyst

Job description

Are you an experienced Finance Analyst? Our Logistics Control Centre based in Birmingham is going from strength to strength and we now have a new opportunity for a Finance Analyst to join our growing team on one of our key strategic accounts.

Your Role

You will be a Finance professional (with experience in the Logistics industry) with responsibility for the reporting requirements for both our internal and external stakeholders. Both accrual and spend reporting will fall within your remit and you’ll also be responsible for the client billing and supplier invoice validation process. This role plays a vital part in contributing to the continued success of our Integrated Logistics business unit.

Your Responsibilities

·  Complete reporting requirements from both internal and external stakeholders  – this will  include spend and accrual reporting and working to deadlines to accommodate month end and create accruals.
·  Ensure accurate billing throughout the billing cycle; prepare data, collect information and manage pre-invoice audit process.
·  Dealing with requests from the customer, taking ownership for communicating with all stakeholders (internal and external), managing process performance (invoice right first time) and providing an excellent customer experience.
·  Validate and book supplier invoices, reconcile supplier billing against customer billing, manage payment statuses, misallocations and manage the Freight Invitation statement process and central billing (this includes overland/air and sea).
·  Resolve complex billing queries that may require back billing, credit notes or re-invoicing and freight variation handling
Monitor , understand and verify revenue / expense validations.
·  Assist the Team Leader in team projects to ensure excellent and timely customer service.  Adhere to various guidelines for Good Distribution Practice (GDP), legal and sector specific standards / guidelines and customer specific operating procedures.

Your Skills and Experiences

·  Finance experience within a logistics environment is required – ideally within freight audit or settlement activities
Demonstrable understanding of accruals management.
·  Advanced / excellent knowledge of MS office, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
·  Excellent attention to detail and an ability to multi task and work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment is essential.
·  Strong customer Service orientation and able to communicate clearly and effectively with an ability to build professional relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
·  Able to work on your own initiative within a team environment, sharing knowledge and experience to ensure a consistent approach.
·  Capability to work with, understand and execute new processes as well as a flexible approach and an ability to adapt positively in a changeable environment.
·  An interest in working with transport management systems and statistical figures/data and an understanding of Customer Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)

Good Reasons to Join

In return for your commitment, we are offering a fantastic opportunity within an amazing team (and business unit!) where you can use your excellent finance, customer service and business administration skills to shape and influence the future of this growing business unit. In return for your commitment, we offer a competitive salary, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 25 after 5 years’ service). In addition, we offer a contributory pension plan, private medical insurance and life assurance and our Route 2 Rewards scheme offers discounts and savings on a wide range of high street and internet goods and services.