senior Finance Administrator

at  JCDECAUX

The purpose of the role is to produce the contracts needed to execute advertising campaigns, liaising with both clients and suppliers and work closely with the Sales Team to secure Board and client signature. The role is also responsible for managing invoicing from the supplying JC Decaux country and ensuring payment is received from the client and will also deal with adhoc administrative queries for the JCDecaux International Sales teams. The jobholder will be required to support the Administration Executives within the team in day to day administrative queries.
What you’ll be doing…

CAPABILITIES•

PC literate, especially Excel & Word; purchase order system is SAGE
Ability to work well in an office environment
Excellent communication skills; diplomatic and friendly
Calm and able to prioritise under pressure, being able to handle challenging situations and deliver to short timelines
Team player and ability to build effective working relationships with key stakeholders, clients and suppliers
Excellent time management and ability to manage multiple workloads
Self-motivated; able to work on own initiative & with minimal supervision
Aptitude for figures; accurate work and attention to detail
Flexible approach; working as part of a team – multi-culture/language
Understanding of international working markets, with a flexible and adaptable approach to demands of different time zones
Able to be available through the working day and full week to manage and resolve urgent queries and ensure contracts can be put in place with clients and suppliers within tight timeframes. At times this may require flexibility in working slightly earlier or later than normal working hours to manage urgent activities given client requirements and time zones and will be managed within overall working hours.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Previous Finance experience
Previous systems experience e.g. Sage or SAP
Previous cross function experience
Previous experience working with an international company (beneficial not essential)
European Language e.g. French/Italian/German/Spanish (beneficial not essential)
Understanding of Finance reporting, compliance and audit (beneficial not essential)

A little bit more about us…

• We believe in building a diverse and inclusive culture and positive employee experience.
• We are One Team, more than just ourselves.
• We are customer first, we understand, and help solve our customers’ problems.
• We Test & Learn, we are empowered to learn and grow, unafraid of change.
• We choose to care, we are committed to doing the right thing, the right way.

It’s really important to us that we give as much to our colleagues as they give to us.
Our latest Belonging Survey showed that our colleagues feel valued and listened to as we continue to build an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, belong and be their authentic selves.
We believe that diversity of thought, experience and background provides the platform for great creativity,
We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.
About our recruitment process….
1. You find or get sent this job advert, read it, and feel like you’re you’d be a great addition to the JCD family.
2. You send in your application to let us know you’re interested.
3. We see your application, get excited, and give you a call.
4. You’ll meet us twice, depending on the role prepare a presentation and we’ll get to know each other.
5. You’ll begin your journey with us, were excited to support and develop you throughout you career

Please refer the Job description for details