Finance Assistant – Supply Chain

TN United Kingdom; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food and drink sector is seeking a Finance Assistant for their Supply Chain team in Liverpool. The role involves managing the distribution costing system, assisting with financial reconciliations, and developing accurate costing methods. Ideal candidates will have strong Excel skills, experience with SAP, and a solid understanding of supply chain principles. This permanent position offers a hybrid workplace environment.

Qualifications

• Studying for or qualified in a professional qualification / Working towards or qualified AAT.
• Proficient in Excel and experienced with SAP.

Responsibilities

• Manage, control, and maintain the distribution costing system.
• Assist in month-end accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Implement new costing methods and enhance cost visibility.

Skills

Excel

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Understanding of Supply Chain Theory

Education

AAT

Tools

SAP

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Finance Assistant – Supply Chain, Liverpool

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Client:

Princes Limited

Location:

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Finance

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

15.05.2025

Expiry Date:

29.06.2025

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Job Description:

Vacancy Name: Finance Assistant – Supply Chain
Employment Type: Permanent
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Liverpool
Business Area: Finance
Workplace Type: Hybrid

About Princes:

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France, and Mauritius. Princes manufactures different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. We strive to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description:

Manage, control, and maintain the distribution costing system to enable accurate costings to be reflected in tenders, budgets, forecasts, and reporting actuals.
Assist the Supply Chain Analysis Manager & Logistics Analyst with month-end accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations.
Implement and adapt the DC system due to new routes to market, product streams, contracts, and reporting sectors for both UK and European markets.
Develop new methods of costing routes to market for more accurate customer profitability analysis.

Principal Responsibilities:

1. Posting of month-end journals / prepayments
2. Assist in the reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts at prescribed frequencies

• Manage and review accruals by the costing system to ensure accuracy. The outputs from the distribution costing system include:
• Reflection in tenders
• Payments to service providers
• Budget, A8 forecasting
• Scenario planning around routes to market

During new contract negotiations, challenge both internally and externally to ensure the distribution costing system can accrue at the correct level.

Chair and lead meetings related to implementing new costing methods and enhancing cost visibility for the logistics finance team.

Implement new complexities & routes to market autonomously, ensuring internal controls and optimal system utilization.

Reconcile accruals with SAP system against invoice values from logistics providers, challenging variances with external parties.

Manage interfaces with IT logistics representatives regarding changes to the Distribution Costing system.

Maintain documentation for system changes for audit purposes.

Create new vendors for logistics activities following internal & external controls.

Regularly raise invoices for claims within the supply chain.

Role Requirements:

• Studying for or qualified in a professional qualification / Working towards or qualified AAT
• Proficient in Excel
• Experience with SAP
• Able to meet tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Solid understanding of supply chain theory and cost principles, including warehousing, distribution, forecasting, and stock control
• Understanding of retail customer and Princes supply chains
• Knowledge of key accounting concepts and how secondary distribution costs impact customer profitability