Accounts Assistant

Job Title: Accounts Assistant

Location: Derby, DE21 7BE

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent, Part Time - 20 - 25 Hours per week

About us:

LKAB is an international group that sells sustainable iron ore, minerals and special products. We are leading the green transformation of the iron and steel industry by developing carbon-free processes and products.

LKAB's commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion is fundamental to our success. By embracing everyone and ensuring that every employee (or potential employee) feels a strong sense of belonging, we build a workforce with diverse perspectives and identities. Through living our behaviours and implementing initiatives that support all, we create an inclusive and equitable work environment where each of us can feel supported to reach our potential.

We are proud of our culture and we have a set of Behaviours and Leadership Criteria that we work within, which are a pre-requisite of being an LKAB employee and demonstrates how we work and how we lead. These complement each other to support achieving the overall LKAB vision of 'Leading the transformation of our industry towards a sustainable future'.

We deliver - from strategy to execution

We work as one team - through collaboration

We learn & adapt - by learning & developing

We use resources with respect - through trust and responsibility

We are clear that our overarching goal is achieving Zero Harm and everyone who wishes to join our organisation must work within our six Golden Rules in order to create a safer, more secure workplace environment for people to thrive. Our behaviour and mindset are what creates a safe and healthy work environment and our Golden Rules encompass much of what constitutes a good safety culture.

1. Recognise and praise good behaviour
2. Lead by example
3. Lets Talk
4. Always Challenge acts that could cause harm
5. Stop and think - What could go wrong?
6. Never bypass a system designed to prevent harm.

Working within these at all times is an expectation for all employees, current and future.

We are looking for an enthusiastic accounts payable assistant to form part of a busy transaction processing function, to assist in the timely processing and payment of supplier invoices.

In this role, you will work with the Finance team, wider business, and suppliers to ensure effective processing of financial transactions, invoice management, and maintenance of records.

The ideal candidate should have held a similar position previously (although this is not essential) and have excellent communication skills as well as having a great attention to detail. The candidate will be proficient in Microsoft Office and finance processing systems, have good financial and numeracy management skills as well as customer service experience.

The role will require a high level of organisational ability and achieving key objectives including the following:

• Supplier liabilities are recorded and paid within the prescribed contractual commitments
• The integrity of the financial information with the company's systems is maintained
• Continual process improvement
• Promote team cohesion and collaborative working
• Optimise (Internal / External) customer support

Responsibilities & key work tasks:

• Registering purchase invoices and arranging authorisation
• Process and advise on the coding of purchase invoices
• Liaising with suppliers on invoice queries and payment
• Fuel card administration and coding
• Allocating cash to supplier accounts
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Processing BACS payments weekly
• Ad hoc duties as directed, including responding to queries from internal functions

Candidate requirements:

• Candidates that possess, are studying for, or have an ambition to study for a recognised accounting qualification will be preferred
• IT literate with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and finance processing systems
• Demonstrable organization and time management skills
• Must be able to work within a team and in an open plan office environment
• Strong attention to detail
• Personable and customer focused - confident when speaking with suppliers, and representatives from other functions
• Committed to the LKAB behaviours and code of conduct

Benefits:

• Company pension increasing in employer contributions after 5 years service
• Life insurance (Death in Service)
• Employee Assistance Programme for employee, partner and family
• Salary Extras - Store discount scheme
• 5 Days paid volunteer leave
• Reframe cancer support
• My Menopause centre
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience, qualifications, and job titles of: Accounts Coordinator, Finance Associate, Financial Controller, Chartered Accountant, Finance Specialist, Financial Accounting, Accounts Analyst, ACA and ACCA may also be considered for this role.