Finance Assistant

GBA Logistics; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

GBA Logistics seeks a proactive Finance Assistant to join their finance team. This full-time position entails responsibilities like supplier invoice processing, bank reconciliations, and collaborating with various departments for accurate reporting. Ideal candidates will hold relevant qualifications and have experience in the transport and logistics sector, ensuring timely delivery of financial processes.

Benefits

31 days holiday including Bank Holidays

Holiday loyalty scheme

Company Health Care Scheme

Company Sick Pay

Learning and Development opportunities

Bike2Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in purchase order processing and supplier invoice management.
• Knowledge of ledger and bank reconciliations.
• Communication and presentation skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage the purchase order process and supplier payments.
• Conduct bank reconciliations and support month-end reporting.
• Collaborate with finance and management teams on transactions.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Education

Recognised finance or accounting qualification (e.g. AAT)

Tools

Various accounting & reporting software systems

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Base pay range

COMPANY - GBA Logistics - Global Solutions Business Unit

SALARY - Up to £32,000 (FTE) (depending on skills and experience)

DAYS/HOURS - Monday - Friday 39 hours (Flexible Hours Available)

BASE - Hybrid (2 to 3 Days in office)

Role:

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced, proactive, and diligent finance assistant to join our recently formed finance team.

Reporting to the Finance Director, this role will have responsibility for the purchase order process, receiving, matching and posting supplier invoices, supplier payments, supplier statements, and bank reconciliation.

Working in collaboration with the management accountant, the operations team and department leads, this role will take the in ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of the transactional accounting process, giving support to the month-end accounting and reporting process, with awareness of the impacts to the business’ cashflows and working capital requirement.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience of working in the transport and logistics sector, or a similar environment.

Company:

GBA Global Solutions provides 24/7/365 UK national and global coverage from two main control centres and two hubs, focussed on domestic and European aerospace & airside logistics services (branded as ‘GBA Skyway’), and global forwarding.

GBA Global Solutions is part of the GBA Logistics group, which has been delivering logistics solutions since 1987 and are a leading family-owned logistics company, operating in the top 50 Logistics Companies in the UK with annual turnover in excess of £100m.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Purchase order process
• Receipt, allocation and posting of supplier invoices
• Supplier payments
• Supplier statement reconciliation
• Weekly/monthly bank reconciliation
• Supporting the monthly management accounting and reporting process
• Support the annual audit process
  
  

Key Skills & Experience:

• Ideally, we would like you to have a recognised finance or accounting qualification (e.g. AAT)
• Purchase ledger - process supplier invoices and manage supplier communication
• Ledger/control account, and bank reconciliations
• Preparing and posting month end journals (desirable)
• Communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Use of various accounting & reporting software systems
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
  
  

Benefits:

• 31 days holiday inc. Bank Holidays
• Holiday loyalty scheme
• Company Health Care Scheme
• Company Sick Pay
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Bike2Work Scheme
  
  

GBA Logistics is an equal opportunities employer. Our people have made us the success that we are today and are the key to our continued growth moving forwards. We recognise the unique and valuable contributions that arise from a diverse and inclusive workforce built up from people with different backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and skillsets, that when combined together, help our business to thrive.

Our recruitment process is fair and equitable to ensure that all candidates are duly considered and supported. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please email our Recruitment Team via [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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