Vacancy Name Finance Assistant – Supply Chain Employment Type Permanent Country United Kingdom Location Liverpool Business Area Finance Workplace Type Hybrid About Princes The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business. Role Description We are looking for an experienced part-time Finance Assistant (22.5hrs per week). Core Responsibilities: Manage, control and maintain the distribution costing system to enable accurate costings to be reflected in tenders, budgets, forecasts and reporting actuals. Assisting the Logistics Accountants with month end accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations. Assisting the Logistics Accountants with processing distribution costs for customer tenders across both Foods & Drinks products. Principal Responsibilities: Posting of month-end journals / prepayments Assist in the reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts at prescribed frequencies: Manage and review accruals generated by the costing system to ensure accuracy. Raising invoices/purchase orders on a regular basis for claims and distribution costs which arise in the supply chain. Manage, control and maintain the distribution costing (DC) system: Updating conditions within SAP to reflect changes in costs such as fuel, delivery rates etc. to maximise the DC system and minimise the need for incremental purchase orders. Manage reconciliation of accruals with the SAP system against proposed invoice values received from logistics service providers. Reconciliation and challenging any variances with external parties. Liaising with hauliers on a weekly basis to ensure costs are accurate & discrepancies are dealt with in a timely manner. Responsible for maintaining back up documentation for changes to the DC system which will be audited by both internal and external auditors throughout the year. Creation of new vendors to be paid for logistics activities in line with internal & external controls. Key point of contact for managing interfaces with the IT logistics representatives in relation to all aspects of change to the DC system. Assisting the Logistics Accountants with distribution costings: Assisting with the creation of the standardised matrix to be used by the costing team. Assisting with non-standard distribution costings and working with Commercial teams to establish the best route to market. Role Requirements Role Requirements: Studying for a professional qualification / Working towards or qualified AAT Proficient in Excel is desirable Experience of SAP Able to work to tight deadlines Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Understanding of Supply chain theory and cost principles. - covering warehousing, distribution and forecasting Broad understanding of key accounting concepts and how secondary distribution costs affect customer profitability Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus birthday off (this will be pro-rata'd based on part-time hours) 14.% pension - 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer Flexible holiday option - buy 5 additional days Enhanced family friendly & carers policies Critical illness cover Learning & development opportunities