Finance Assistant - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
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Location
- Salford - Hybrid working available with travel to the office required 2 days per week Hours: 37.5 per week 12 Month Fixed Term Contract - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
This is an excellent opportunity to join our Financial Shared Service Centre, where you'll support high-quality, customer-focused finance services across Kier. You'll work with suppliers, customers, business units, site teams, and Group Procurement to resolve queries, maintain accurate ledgers, and meet agreed service standards. This role offers variety, collaboration, and the chance to make a real impact in a supportive environment.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Finance Assistant, you'll be working within the Financial Shared Service Centre team, supporting them in ensuring financial transactions and administration are processed accurately and promptly. Your day to day will include:
Processing supplier invoices, credit notes, and documentation in line with company policies
Resolving invoice queries and maintaining clean ledgers by reconciling statements and clearing outstanding items
Supporting payment runs, processing expense claims, and administering procurement cards
Raising customer invoices, resolving billing queries, and processing customer payments
Identifying opportunities to improve processes and controls, including through automation
What are we looking for?
This role of Finance Assistant is great for you if:
You have experience in a similar role ideally within a high volume, shared services environment
You're proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel
You have strong communication and customer service skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships
You possess excellent organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to manage and reprioritise workload to meet deadlines
You demonstrate a high level of accuracy, a diligent and self-motivated approach, and a collaborative, service-focused attitude
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
- We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here . As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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