Finance Assistant - 1 year

We are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it. We are the people of PPD — thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health. You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients.

Our colleagues in Financial Shared Service Center strive for excellence in every task, at every moment. We are game changers seeking improvements to processes and more efficient ways of working or adapting to changing financial and industry environments.

We are now looking for Finance Assistant for 1 year.

This role will be based in the accounts payable department with the possibility of promotion into other areas of the team/finance as qualifications and accounting knowledge develop.Main Duties include:Ensuring post (finance) is distributed to correct person.Ensuring faxes are distributed to the correct personSending inter company backup (coded invoices) to our accounts assistant in Scotland in a timely manorAssisting in pulling backup from filing for external/internal queriesProvide backup when auditors are present in financeLook after AP process key freight vendors, registering, coding and gaining approval ready for payment.Control the filing, ensuing that everything is filed in a timely manor and archiving on a regular basis to clear space.Ensure relevant files are ready at month end such as the journal fileHelping the team in busy times with invoice and expense entry.We are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it. We are the people of PPD — thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health. You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients.

Our colleagues in Financial Shared Service Center strive for excellence in every task, at every moment. We are game changers seeking improvements to processes and more efficient ways of working or adapting to changing financial and industry environments.

We are now looking for Finance Assistant for 1 year.

This role will be based in the accounts payable department with the possibility of promotion into other areas of the team/finance as qualifications and accounting knowledge develop.Main Duties include:Ensuring post (finance) is distributed to correct person.Ensuring faxes are distributed to the correct personSending inter company backup (coded invoices) to our accounts assistant in Scotland in a timely manorAssisting in pulling backup from filing for external/internal queriesProvide backup when auditors are present in financeLook after AP process key freight vendors, registering, coding and gaining approval ready for payment.Control the filing, ensuing that everything is filed in a timely manor and archiving on a regular basis to clear space.Ensure relevant files are ready at month end such as the journal fileHelping the team in busy times with invoice and expense entry.This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has a keen interest in breaking in to the finance world, Will possess good Excel skills, have the ability to prioritize and organize their work. AAT study would be supported after twelve months.

PPD is an equal opportunities employer.

Registration on our website will also give you the opportunity to be considered for other positions if this one is not the most appropriate for your qualifications and experience.

This is an ongoing search. Suitable candidates will be contacted accordingly.This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has a keen interest in breaking in to the finance world, Will possess good Excel skills, have the ability to prioritize and organize their work. AAT study would be supported after twelve months.

PPD is an equal opportunities employer.

Registration on our website will also give you the opportunity to be considered for other positions if this one is not the most appropriate for your qualifications and experience.

This is an ongoing search. Suitable candidates will be contacted accordingly.