Our client, a Multinational Biopharmaceutical company, are currently seeking a Financial Assistant within the PTP department providing support for a group of markets within an international organisation, focus will be around month end activity and timely maintenance, clearing and reconciliation of assigned PTP balance sheet accounts, this is a 15-month contract role based in Cork.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain a clean Trade Accounts Payable Listing by regular review and follow up on aged items
- Weekly clearing of bank reconciling items and follow up of aged items. Clearing of bank rec items ahead of month end
- Calculation and posting of month end accruals
- Month end related activity relating to PTP module close and pre close
- Allocation of pre-payments ahead of weekly payment batch
- Maintain, review, and investigate accuracy of accounting of PTP transactions
- Review and follow up of potential duplicate payments
- Liaise with vendors to maintain accuracy of supplier account
- Review and follow up of PTP pre-paid accounts
- Achieve targets for high performance such as meet or exceed Service Level Agreements
- Meet or exceed individual productivity targets
- Ensure that training and development objectives are met
- Contribute to the development of the Financial Shared Services culture to attain desired goals which will include efficiency and effectiveness targets
- Collate and provide information for KPIs
- Assist in setting performance measurement procedures for processes
- Work with customer relationship manager, in-country staff, supervisor and Manager to improve processes
- Country specific tasks relating to assigned entities
- Customer Service - Build relationships with key points of contact within the Financial Shared Service Organisation and markets across the processes and other functions to maintain an understanding of the process context.
- Cover for other team members as directed by manager
- Ad hoc duties as directed by manager
Professional Experience & Qualifications
- Accounting Technician or relevant finance/accounting discipline desired.
- 3 or more years’ experience in a Shared Services Centre environment preferred
- Proven experience in PTP processes and systems
- Fluent written and verbal language skills sought
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail required
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise work
- Excellent verbal, written and communication skills
- Ability to travel as business needs require.
Type:
Permanent, Full time, Site-based, Monday-Friday, normalised office hours
Package:
€NEG
For a confidential discussion on this or any other current opportunity please contact Mark Farrell