Finance Administrator (Maternity Cover) | Full Time | 12 Months

Position Overview

The Finance Administrator will support the day to day financial and administrative operations of a fast-paced manufacturing business. The role will ensure supplier invoices, payments, records, and inventory related financial data are accurate, timely, and well documented, supporting month-end close and operational decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process supplier invoices, purchase orders, delivery notes, and expense claims, ensuring accurate coding, approvals, and three-way matching

• Resolve invoice, pricing, quantity, or delivery discrepancies with Purchasing and Operations

• Reconcile bank accounts, supplier accounts, customer accounts, credit cards, and other control accounts on a regular basis

• Maintain accurate financial records, spreadsheets, and accounting-system data, including supplier and customer master files

• Support month-end close, including accruals, prepayments, journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules

• Assist with inventory and production cost administration, including stock counts, inventory reconciliations, packaging/ingredient cost records, and production-related expense tracking

• Provide administrative support to the finance team, including filing, document management, correspondence, and audit preparation.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in finance administration, preferably within the food production, logistics, customs, or haulage sectors

• Proficiency in financial software and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook).

• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.

• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities to liaise with internal teams and external partners.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.