Job Ref: 212861538

Date: 2020-12-04 14:52:43

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Role: Financial Analyst

Location: Uxbridge, UB9. Flexible office-remote or fully remote.

Starting date: 4th of January

Duration: 4 months, possibility to extend

Rate: £20 – £23 per hour

Kelly Services are excited to be working with a leading Cloud Data Services company that is seeking a Financial Analyst to join their team immediately. Although this a large international company, they really have mastered the 'family' feel within their organization. They also have beautiful open plan offices close to Uxbridge town centre.

Job description:

A reliable budget management person providing financial and administrative support to a global marketing organisation. This person will be responsible day-to-day management of requesting and tracking all activities across the spectrum, including PR/PO creation; new vendor onboarding; tracking and managing payments and accruals; processing, verifying and reconciling invoices; tracking overall budget within internal systems.

This candidate will need to have strong inter-personal and communication skills with an ability to work across many different cultures, strong analytical and data-driven mindset, and the confidence to influence process and actions outside of the team.

Review Statements of Work for accuracy, manage all documentation required for POs and create POs. Track corresponding invoices and research payment info as required.
Purchase order management and PR creation
Manage billing and invoicing for the team, with a focus on digital paid media
Central point of billing for vendors with whom the team regularly works
Check and follow up with vendors if SOWs, IOs, other necessary documentation and invoices are not received on time
Check if invoices are in line with the contract / purchase order / IO signed
Ensure vendor payments happen on time and manage any red flags and delays with vendors related to contracting, purchasing and payment
Ensure vendor payments are released
Liaise with finance for accruals
Support team for all new vendor requests and onboarding
Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc.
Own and manage digital paid media tracker, updating to account for changes during the FY quarter
Track team budget (via Excel) and align data-input across greater organisation's budget tracker
Maintaining records of all POs, invoices, payments across quarters to respond to queries on spend and billing
Track and analyse actual results against historical, budgeted and forecasted results.
Hold regular meetings with internal team and finance teams
Generate weekly and periodic reports, ensure budget is on track and highlight any deviations/variances
Send out reports to relevant people in the organisation
Generally responding to all vendor enquiries regarding finance, and work with internal teams to requests accruals, closure of POs etc.
Partner with Global Sourcing, Finance, Legal and other internal teams on supplier spend review, process updates and other areas as needed.Requirements:

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in billing and invoicing/data analysis
Proficient Excel skills
Good understanding of budgeting and regulatory requirements
Understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting
Previous experience with digital media is a plus
Goal-oriented independent worker with strong mathematical ability and an analytical mind
Excellent business communication skills (verbal, written and presentation)
Confident, creative, proactive in taking initiatives and achieving them
Strong presence with the ability to interact with Senior Leadership and push back when needed
Attention to detailKelly Services are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this role. Should you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with Kelly's .

As an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age

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