Due to business growth, we are currently looking to recruit a Finance Administrator to join a leading Civil Engineering Contractor based in Watford.  The role will be responsible for a variety of tasks related to various financial ledgers including purchase/subcontractor ledger, sales ledger and payroll.

This position requires someone to be able to liaise with other Team Members at all levels and be able to provide information to the Senior Financial controller of any difficult Accounts or Sites.

Liaising with the rest of the Business and outside of the Business in a professional manner

Working closely with a senior line manager and team members; to provide an accurate & efficient financial reporting service for specific business units, in line with specific deadlines.

Duties include:

• Populate cash books with both payments and receipts and post into system.
• Purchase / Subcontractor Ledger processing of invoices and credit notes.
• Review all Invoices in query/on hold, identify the reason for being on hold and communicate to the correct Department/Supplier/Site to resolve the matter in a timely manner, being aware of due dates and Payment Practice.  Chase regularly until matter is resolved.
• Cost/clear all invoices that have been resolved, taking Invoice/Credits off hold.
• Liaise with Procurement/Sites and Suppliers to chase up outstanding Order Amendments/GRN Input or Credit Notes
• Maintain generic email address as well as own email inbox.
• Maintain scheduled query reports to suppliers and set up any new ones as and when required, be accountable to chase for outstanding queries with suppliers.
• Reconcile supplier statements and request copies of missing invoices/credit notes.
• Reconcile General Ledger accounts.
• Submit completed month-end reconciliations by set deadlines.
• Raise and issue sales ledger & contract sales invoices in timely manner.
• Chase debts and reconcile debtors’ ledger.

What we are looking for:

• Previous experience of working within a finance team
• Experience of Purchase ledger, Payroll, Cost control, Invoicing and Payments
• Good working experience of Microsoft Applications
• SAP experience would be advantageous