Finance Analyst

About The Role:

Reporting to the Operations Manager, this role will play a key part in supporting both the Operational and Finance functions to make effective business decisions and also to provide a dedicated contact to both the wider business and external customers & suppliers.

Responsibilities:

• Production and communication of weekly operational activity/margin reports
• Reconciliation of customer & supplier invoices to agreed charges
• Dealing with customer/supplier queries that arise from this
• Data retrieval & analysis to aid business decisions
• CMR requesting and reconciling
• Reviewing and ensuring all invoicing is completed by our team in a timely manner
• Assisting with aged debt queries to ensure timely payment of invoices
• Communicate with various internal and external departments
• Production of weekly costings
• Contribution to the production of KPI reporting
• Communicating any system/IT issues affecting operations
• Provision of ad-hoc support to Operations and Finance Managers where required

Candidate Requirements:

• Experience with MS Office applications essential. Any experience with Freight Optimiser or SHARP would be advantageous. Strong IT skills in general will be required for this role.
• Desirable knowledge of transport operations but not essential as training will be provided
• Excellent organisation skills, meeting deadlines is essential
• Individual must be able to work on their own initiative but also work as part of a team
• Although based in Aldridge, some travel will be required to our Crick office in Northampton