Finance Assistant

Job Purpose

The Finance Assistant role is an integral part of the finance function, working closely with the local Finance Team to provide accurate and timely financial information, whilst maintaining robust and effective internal controls.

Role Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact between the outsourced AP/AR transactional processing team. This will include, but is not limited to:
• Complete accountability of the preparation of key financial processes, in line with stringent deadlines set out by Global SW finance function:
• Preparation of reports including sales and production volumes
• Assist in the accurate and timely preparation of financial information including tax returns and Government Statistics
• Assist in the preparation of weekly payroll and monthly payroll and any other related activities
• Ensure that internal controls are complete, robust, and effective in order to safeguard company assets.
• Support the finance function during times of team members’ absence (e.g., annual leave).
• To be a willing and flexible team member ready to take on new and expanding tasks as appropriate.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive and SW would expect you to carry out any other reasonable duty which you are capable of being trained in or performing.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• Experience in a similar role
• Good understanding of internal controls
• Proven ability to produce good quality work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Superior attention to detail
• Confident user of Microsoft Office packages
• Numerical and verbal reasoning skills at Junior Management norm