15636 - Financial Assistant II

Orion Group Life Sciences are looking for a Financial Assistant on behalf of our Biopharmaceutical client located in Cork. Initial 15 month contract.

What will you do

This role serves as the company contact for all EMEA payments, including the following: suppliers, employee expenses, VAT, Tax & product, manual and batch payments, using our Bank of America, HSBC & Citibank banking platforms and working in SAP and Oracle. The payments specialist is also responsible for working with cash management and PTP accounting teams to ensure there is not ageing on bank rec items.

Responsibilities:

• Running of weekly multi-currency SAP batch payments.
• Processing manual payment requests, including the following - Tax, VAT, Product payments, Travel Advances & Interview expenses.
• Processing supplier and employee expense payments for Emerging markets (non-ERP markets).
• Processing intercompany payments.
• Working with cash management and PTP Accounting teams on bank rec items and follow-up on aged items.
• Working in internal ticketing system and shared mailbox to manage queries.
• Completion of month-end tasks in conjunction with wider PTP team.
• Maintenance of payment approval schedule and bank matrix.
• Preparation and maintenance of payment templates in BOA and HSBC systems.
• Maintain desk-top procedures for the duties carried out by this role.
• Follow up on internal and external audit requests as required.
• Involvement in PTP Continuous Improvement projects.
• Testing for payments in any ERP upgrades or changes.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements and skills

• An effective team-player with energy and enthusiasm.
• Business Degree desirable.
• 3-5 years' PTP experience in a fast-paced multi-national environment - experience in payments an advantage.
• High level of proficiency in Excel is required.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation.
• Customer focused.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding this opportunity please reach out to Tim Browaeys, tim.browaeys@orioneng.com or contact Tim on 0044 7593448607

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.