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We’re looking for a Finance Assistant to join our Highways team based in Edmonton, North London. Within this role, you can enjoy 26 days annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and even more.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location: Edmonton, North London with hybrid working available (4x days in the office, 1x day WFH)
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary: Up to £30k + 26 days of annual leave + Benefits

Responsibilities

As a Finance Assistant you will work closely with contract teams to accurately capture costs, aid procurement, and prepare monthly management accounts and information to support decision making, process improvement and drive contract efficiencies.

Your day to day will include:

• Raising purchase orders, entering goods receipts, monitoring registered invoice control and resolving invoice queries
• Distributing costs and workflow reports and working with contract teams to ensure processes are adhered to such that these reports are a true reflection of current performance
• Maintain accurate cost capture via journal entries
• Support Commercial & Operational team to ensure there is full understanding and ownership of costs
• Preparation of cost reconciliations – people, plant, systems, subcontractors

Who are we looking for?

This role of Finance Assistant is great for you if you have:

• AAT, CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualifications
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Excel and Computerised Accounting Systems
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and a willing contributor with meetings

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at [email protected] to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 5 July 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.