Senior Finance Assistant

Kyowa Kirin; Galashiels; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

WE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF MEDICINE.

LEAPING FORWARD TO MAKE PEOPLE SMILE

At Kyowa Kirin International (KKI), our purpose is to make people smile. This means more than drug discovery and development; it is about embedding care into everything we do to make a difference every day for those that need it most. We’re an inclusive pharmaceutical company that takes time to understand what really matters to our patients, their families, and their healthcare professionals, helping our people to take bold actions that deliver life-changing solutions sooner. Our culture is rooted in our values: Teamwork, Commitment to Life, Innovation, and Integrity. They help us to push boundaries to deliver extraordinary impact and make KKI a brilliant place to work.

Job Purpose

• Responsible for the accurate and timely recording of all purchase, sales ledgers and banking activities for the UK Companies and other Kyowa Kirin subsidiaries as needed, and
• Overseeing the preparation of the accounts ledgers for inclusion in the group consolidated results.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Support :
• Responsible for the allocation of the workloads of the Finance Assistants (UK Finance team)
• Support and motivate Finance Assistants to ensure timetables are met
• Support with the team’s training and development needs and take a lead with the roll out of any new processes and procedures to the Finance assistants
• Ensure that finance processes are being followed by the team (such as time matching of subledgers, bank verification checks etc)
• Appraise performances
• Daily and monthly tasks may cover:
• Accurate recording and reconciliation of the Purchase Ledgers ensuring consistent coding, matching to PO and approvals
• Ensure accurate and timely Sales Ledger invoicing/ recharges and credit control management
• Maintain and review subledgers to ensure that they are kept up to date
• Ensure balances between the UK companies are fully reconciled each month and maintain monthly reconciliation schedule for all companies
• Maintenance of bank accounts, including bank reconciliations
• Supporting with expense processing via Concur
• Other responsibilities:
• Identify and recommend improvements in finance processes to Group Reporting Accountant.
• Support both internal and external auditors in requests for information/documentation
• Other ad hoc tasks and possible project work as required in order to help the business.

Qualifications

Position Requirements

• Strong experience using Finance software package, Microsoft Dynamics knowledge desirable
• Good grasp of accounting principles
• Basic VAT understanding
• Excel & Word skills

Key Competencies specific to the role:

Kyowa Kirin Core Competencies: Results Oriented, Sense of Urgency and Flawless in Execution.

• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team environment
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills and become effective in them
• Good multi-tasker with time management skills to ensure tight timetables are constantly met and where possible exceeded.
• Ability to handle pressure situations