About the Cheeky Panda
The Cheeky Panda is a dynamic and innovative company dedicated to providing sustainable and eco-friendly products. We are passionate about making a positive impact on the environment and are looking for like-minded individuals to join our team.
Job Summary:
As the Transactional Finance Analyst at The Cheeky Panda, you will be an integral part of the Finance team, responsible for managing the accounts payable function, providing support to accounts receivable function and working on the associated balance sheet reconciliations. You will work closely with the Finance Reporting Manager in order to achieve these objectives.
Responsibilities:
Managing Accounts Payable Function
Overall management of accounts payable function
Managing the purchase ledger inbox, including resolving queries
Post invoices, credit notes, and cash journals, ensuring correct coding in the system
Communicate with business areas regarding invoice approvals and queries
Communicate with suppliers to handle invoicing or payment queries
Investigate and resolve outstanding creditor items
Preparation and submission of weekly payment run and ad-hoc payments
Payment allocations to supplier accounts
Periodic supplier reconciliations during the year
Employee Expenses & Credit Card Expenses
Providing guidance and support to employees in submitting expense and credit card payments, with accompanying supportive documentation
Ensure all expenses and credit card expenses are submitted in line with company policy and to escalate any issues that cannot be resolved
Ensure timely reimbursement of approved expenses/credit card claims
Provide support to accounts receivable function
Electronically send sales invoices to customers
Allocate incoming payments to customer invoices and accounts
Pursuing collection of overdue payments
Monitor and report on aged debtors to ensure timely collections of payments
Reconciliations:
Assisting in monthly bank reconciliations including identifying and investigating any discrepancies or errors, and escalating where necessary
Preparation of monthly accounts payable and accounts receivable balance sheet reconciliations
Other ad hoc balance sheet reconciliations, such as prepayments
Wider Responsibilities:
To provide holiday and sickness cover for Finance and Operations team members
Assist with the preparation of financial reports and analysis as required
Other ad-hoc queries and tasks