Finance Analyst

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**Role Profile
The Finance Analyst (APAC) will report to the Financial Controller based in the UK and will work closely with the wider Transactional Finance team.

The Finance team comprises of 11 people who all work from the UK. This role is crucial in giving our team presence in the APAC region, while very much working together as one global Finance team to achieve our objectives.

The role will assist the wider Transactional Finance team with the Order to Cash (O2C) process with a focus on credit control for customers based in APAC, but will also help out with the Purchases to Payables (P2P) process and other specific or ad hoc tasks which might include, for example, APAC payroll, office costs and employee expenses. The role focuses on liaising with our customers, suppliers and employees in the APAC region.

The job usually involves working in the office for 2-3 days a week.

**Key Responsibilities**

Order to cash
- Review sales orders and credit notes and subsequently issue invoices and credit memos to customers.
- Work through the accounts receivable ledger to chase outstanding debt, including liaising directly with customers and resolving disputes and queries.
- Help to reconcile and review customer accounts on the accounts receivable ledger.
- Help to monitor the accounts receivable mailbox and deal with APAC customer queries/ issues.
- Liaise with Sales Operations on resolving pre
- and post-sales queries and disputes.

Purchases to payables
- Liaise with APAC employees on their purchases queries, including purchase orders, invoices and payments.
- Help to monitor the accounts payable inbox and deal with APAC supplier queries / issues.
- Data entry including new suppliers, supplier bank details and purchase invoices.
- Assist in monitoring and managing the flow of purchase orders.
- Assist with payment runs.
- Assist with reconciling supplier accounts.

Other
- Assist with the journals for APAC payroll and office costs.
- Liaise with APAC employees on their expenses queries.
- Support with liaising with local auditors and providing them with required evidence.
- Assist the wider Transactional Finance team with ad hoc tasks.

**What we are looking for**:
**Essential**
- At least 2 years of relevant Finance experience.
- Experience of using an integrated Finance ERP software package (e.g. NetSuite)
- Comfortable with trial balance, general ledger and sub-ledgers.
- Understanding of a multi-currency environment.
- Experience of producing and interpreting reports as well as strong Microsoft Excel skills.
- A strong communicator who is comfortable with external and internal stakeholders.
- Someone who takes initiative and is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

**Desirable**
- Experience using Oracle NetSuite.
- Part qualified ACCA or equivalent.
- A degree in Accounting, Finance or similar.
- Experience working in a data and business intelligence and/or subscriptions business.
- Experience working in a global business and with overseas colleagues.

**Our Promise to You - Benefits**
- Day off for your birthday
- Up to 4 days paid volunteering
- Balanced working
- Healthcare Insurance Plan
- 20 days of annual leave
- 14 days of outpatient sick leave
- 60 days of hospitalization leave (inclusive of 14 days sick leave)

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