Finance Administrator – Subcontractor Payments (8m)

Watkin Jones PLC; Bangor; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional Growth

Health cash plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Work-life balance: 25 days annualLeave

Company car or allowance

Pension scheme

Job summary

Watkin Jones PLC is seeking a Finance Administrator on a maternity-cover basis for eight months to support the commercial team with payments and subcontractor processes. You will work directly with the Commercial Director, ensuring accurate data and timely reporting across daily, weekly and monthly tasks.

The role requires strong Excel skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple payment-related tasks while liaising with Quantity Surveyors, subcontractors, and internal

Qualifications

• Experience with Excel and handling financial data.
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities.
• Excellent communication with internal teams and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Quantity Surveyors to discuss and reconcile payments due.
• Obtain and verify summary sheets from QS, ensure values match, and manage Excel payment files.
• Convert Excel payment files to PDF, rename correctly, and notify stakeholders when ready for review.
• Update the accounts BACS sheet with expected labour-only payments.
• Create payment notices for labour-only payments and maintain related emails and reports.
• Save remittances in appropriate locations and verify monthly remittance presence for each payment.
• Transfer data from accounts into the Quantity Surveyors’ Excel spreadsheet.
• Check for outstanding contra charges with the sales ledger before retention payments.
• Update painting schedules in line with subcontractor payments.

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Organised

Financial data handling

Job description

Watkin Jones PLC is seeking a Finance Administrator on a maternity-cover basis for eight months to support the commercial team with payments and subcontractor processes. You will work directly with the Commercial Director, ensuring accurate data and timely reporting across daily, weekly and monthly tasks.

The role requires strong Excel skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple payment-related tasks while liaising with Quantity Surveyors, subcontractors, and internal