Job Purpose:
This role involves calculating and processing partner payments, acting as a consultation point for commercial teams in resolving commercial issues, and ensuring data processing integrity related to all database calculations impacting amounts owed to or from partners.
Key Responsibilities:
* Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure partner-related queries are resolved, commercial changes are accurately captured by finance, and key information is shared across relevant functions within the organization.
* Processing relevant costs/accruals accurately to the company's financial system, ensuring all costs are coded to the appropriate ledger accounts.
* Owning the month-end analysis and reconciliations of partner balances & costs each month.
* Maintaining up-to-date filing of invoices/statements etc.
* Management of scheduled payment runs including validating partner balances, seeking and verifying approvals where necessary, preparing payment journals from the bank, posting payments to the company's financial system, reconciling payments and creditor accounts, and liaising with the bank to resolve payment queries when necessary.
* Supporting the debt collection process for partners who receive payment directly from customers.
Requirements:
Technical Requirements:
* Excellent computer knowledge: strong Excel skills are essential, including experience working with large volumes of data.
* Experience in managing relationships internally or externally would be a distinct advantage.
* Part-qualified accountant with ambition to have a successful career in a fast-paced, commercially minded finance department.
* Conscientiousness regarding work and a willingness to take full ownership of areas of work.
* Excellent teamwork and ability to work well under pressure while demonstrating a keen eye for detail.
* Intuitiveness by proactively resolving problems.
* Self-motivation and self-drive with the ability to manage own time within a fast-paced changing environment.
* Good relationship building skills.
* Ability to step back from the detail and look at the bigger picture and challenge existing practices.
* Strong problem-solving skills combined with strong analytical skills.
* Excellent communication (both written and oral).