Job Title: Finance Assistant
Location:Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary:£25,900
What you’ll be doing:
- Raising, Reviewing & Distributing Intercompany Purchase Orders
- Reviewing and Posting Intercompany Payable Invoices
- Posting Intercompany Purchase Orders and Payables invoices in Compliance with UK VAT rules
- Posting Intercompany Credit notes in line with Finance Policies and DOA
- Issuing Intercompany Vendor Statements
- Assisting the rest of the Intercompany and Finance Operations teams as required
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Experience of working in a finance environment
- Ability to process and manage high volumes of data with high quality and consistency
- Process improvement mindset and readiness for change
- Good knowledge of MS Office particularly MS excel
Desirable:
- Experience of ERP systems (preferably SAP) within a finance environment is highly preferred
- Experience of use of procurement software such as Coupa
Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Intercompany Hub team:
As an Intercompany Procure to Pay Clerk you will report to the team P2P Team Leader and will be responsible for the delivery of service activities on behalf of Finance Operations customers. Primary activities include accurate and timely review of intercompany purchase orders and accounts payable invoices. This role is crucial for effective and efficient intercompany payables process. Finance Operations customers will interact with this role on a day-to-day basis so delivering a high quality service and ensuring customer satisfaction is of prime importance.
Whilst the role is focussed specifically on service activities carried out in Preston, you may be required to assist the Intercompany Manager with various other projects that may involve short stints of travel.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.
We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date:31st March 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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