Senior Finance Operations Assistant

Job Description

How would you like the opportunity to start a career within finance and accounting? With strong numerical ability, you will be involved in supporting and learning about the Accounts Payable processes.

This role is a 13-month fixed term contract

Core Responsibilities

• Process vendor/customer invoices and payments in SAP promptly, following company policies

• Validate invoices and payment requests, manage collections and resolve payment issues

• Respond promptly to vendor/customer inquiries about payments, invoices and accounts statuses

• Identify workflow inefficiencies and support improvement initiatives

• Perform monthly reconciliation of accounts payable/receivable

• Build and maintain professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Supporting compliance of the company policies and procedures, and supporting operation of global, standardised and scalable processes

• Using Activity Based Working, supporting and taking part in creating a culture that inspires to collaboration, support knowledge sharing

• Supporting high-quality service handling of customer queries

• Supporting productivity initiatives across cross functional areas

• Understanding, learning and using the financial IT platforms as an enabling function

• Support BSO performance management reviews and supporting problem solving

• Work with Procurement to improve PO compliance

Play your part in our team succeeding

Accounts payable is part of the general accounting department, and its specific mission is to manage and oversee ‘accounts being paid’ or the money flowing out of a business. As you’d expect, the efficiency of our accounts payable system directly relates to your organization’s financial stability and reputation and it’s an extremely vital part of a successful business.

Do you have what it takes?

• High school graduate

• 1-2 years of professional working experience, preferably in a related financial role or a position where capabilities are transferable

• Light exposure to finance processes

• MS office: experienced

• SAP or other large-scale ERP´s as a plus

• Communication skills

• Problem-solving skills

• Team player and ability to meet deadlines

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career. Then make it real. Join the LEGO® team today.