Finance Administrator

Materion Brush; Limerick; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Materion Ireland, based in Limerick, seeks a Finance Administrator to join our team on a full-time basis. The role covers accounts payable for Ireland and UK entities, multi-currency invoicing, bank reconciliations and month-end processes within a multinational environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong Excel skills, a good eye for detail, and familiarity with an ERP system; SAP experience is preferred. Accounting Technician qualification is desirable, or two years’ related experience.

Qualifications

• Accounting Technician qualification would be desirable, but a candidate with a minimum of two years' experience in a similar role would also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable (Ireland and UK entities).
• Process multi currency invoices as received from suppliers on the SAP ERP system.
• Reconcile Trade and Inter Co Creditors Statements to General Ledger and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare and complete monthly payment run and posting of payments to the GL.
• Maintain purchase order logbook and ensure delivery documents are received with three-way matching.
• Resolve AP related queries with internal teams and vendors.
• Administer and reconcile petty cash and company credit card.
• Assist with cash-flow forecasting, Accounts receivable and credit control.
• Prepare weekly sales reports and weekly invoices for key customers.

Skills

Excel

MS Office

Attention to detail

Integrity

Education

Accounting Technician qualification

Tools

SAP ERP

Concur Expenses

Job description

Company Overview:

Materion Ireland is part of the Materion Corporation supplying highly engineered advanced materials to leading technology companies across the globe. Our product offerings include precious and non-precious specialty metals, precision optical filters, inorganic chemicals and powders, specialty coatings and engineered clad and plated metal systems. Founded in 1931, the company today serves customers in more than 50 countries. Materion Ireland was established in Limerick in 1999 and serves a range of high technology companies in Ireland, UK and Europe. In addition to processing and distribution of the Materion Corporation product range, Materion Ireland also carries out a range of high precision service operations in support of vacuum technology process equipment.

Role:

Materion Ireland now has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Administrator to join their team based in Limerick. This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday. This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious and driven candidate to add value, gain experience and develop their career in a multinational environment.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Accounts Payable (Ireland and UK entities)
• Process Multi currency invoices as received both from third party and intercompany suppliers on the SAP ERP system.
• Reconciling Trade and Inter Co Creditors Statements to General ledger and resolving any discrepancies
• Prepare and complete monthly payment run and posting of payments to the GL.
• Maintain purchase order logbook and ensure all relevant delivery documents are received, by way of three-way matching.
• Resolve all AP related queries both internally and with external vendors.
• Maintain and process all employee expense claims and arrange payment on a weekly basis on the Concur Expenses system.
• Administration of the company credit card
• Administer and reconcile petty cash.
• Ownership of other AP related tasks
• Bank Reconciliations
• Reconciling and posting to bank GL accounts on a weekly basis
• Assisting Financial Accountant with cash-flow forecasting on an ongoing basis
• Assisting with Accounts receivable and credit control
• Monitoring weekly shipments and preparing weekly invoices for a key customer along with finalising monthly invoice in conjunction with the Financial Accountant.
• Preparation of weekly sales report.
• Downloading information from internal systems to ensure completeness and accuracy of invoicing.
• Assisting with the preparation and posting to the GL of sales invoices as required.
• Ensuring all sales are recorded in accordance with the company's Revenue recognition policy.
• Month End process
• Posting a list of prescribed month end journals to SAP
• Completion and filing of reconciliations for prescribed balance sheet accounts for review by Financial Controller in a timely manner at month end.
• Ad-hoc
• Preparing schedules and answering queries from both internal and external auditors
• Various other ad hoc requests as determined by the Financial Controller in conjunction with Corporate requests.

The successful candidate will:

• Be capable of acting on own initiative while integrating with a team to ensure that all corporate deadlines are met.
• Have a strong working knowledge of in Microsoft products particularly Excel.
• Possess a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Familiarity with the use of an ERP system is advantageous but not required as full training will be provided. Materion Limerick uses the SAP ERP system.
• Display a high level of integrity.
• Accounting Technician qualification would be desirable, but a candidate with a minimum of two years' experience in a similar role would also be considered.
• Have fluent English.

EEO Statement:

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the "Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company's policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.