Finance Clerk

April 4, 2018 | Comments Off on Finance Clerk

Finance Clerk


Location: Shrewsbury


Kier Local Highways are looking to recruit a Finance Clerk to join the Shropshire Council highways maintenance contract.

Kier Group plc. is a leading construction, property, residential and services group with 88 UK offices and over 22,000 employees. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, we are a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Kier Highways design roads, bridges and intelligent transport systems (ITS), covering strategic and nationally important roads, as well as local roads serving local communities. Our projects range from major improvements to complete renewals of roads and structures. With specialist teams, we manage complex works from conception through to handover at the end of maintenance periods.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Input hours directly from timesheets onto Oracle Time System
  • Collate and maintain absence records and forward a monthly report to HR and Senior Managers
  • Liaise with Employees / Payroll / Commercial Manager/ QS's dealing with payroll and cost queries
  • Cross checking timesheets with terms and conditions and cost coding to ensure payroll accuracy
  • Email staff timesheets out mid-month and check and chase before month end
  • Ensure that commercial and administrative systems, budgets and cost control procedures are utilized
  • Process material and plant delivery notes; ensuring that all purchased items reconcile to the original PO and or requesting PO amendments where required
  • Liaising with all supply chain members to ensure that all accounts and payments reconcile
  • Resolve any internal invoice queries that may arise from the commercial department
  • Processing subcontractor payments on behalf of the lead QS, recording and referencing all invoices and applications to allow the cost recovery in the monthly applications for payments to the client
  • Providing and referencing all pass-through costs for the lead QS to allow the cost recovery via the monthly application for payment to the client.
  • Provide quotes for the client for planned reactive works above the spend threshold.
  • Ensure contract commercial deliverables and timescales are met
  • Work closely with operations team to understand works process
  • Ensure that accurate records are kept and full entitlement under the contract is achieved
  • Carry out any additional duties as reasonably required by your line management
Key Skills and Qualifications:

  • Strong finance and payroll acumen
  • Minimum 5 GCSE's (A-C)
  • Proficient in use of IT systems and bespoke company systems
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Demonstrate good customer service
  • Ability to build and maintain customer relationships
  • Confident liaising with both internal and external colleagues
About Kier:

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Being part of Kier means living our values of being collaborative, enthusiastic and forward thinking. We all have the potential to shape our world, and it's through these values that we will leave a lasting legacy. Bring your talent and ambition to Kier and you will be given the scope and opportunity to invest in your own future, to build your expertise and contribute to a rich and diverse culture.

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