Finance Assistant

£25,000 per annum

About us:

We are a rapid-growth scale-up disrupting the infant nutrition space through our award-winning brand Kendamil – the only infant milk made in Britain, proudly used by the British Royal Family and uniquely crafted locally using British organic full cream milk, without the nasties.

Our company, Kendal Nutricare, is a 200 person team passionate about giving children a better start to life. We’re proud to be a Queens’ Award winning business and to be ranked by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s 1000 Fastest Growing Companies in 2020.

We’re on an exciting path – join us!

The role:

If you’re good with numbers, have great attention to detail and excellent computer skills this job might be right up your street!

We are looking for Finance Administrator to support our Site Controller in the maintenance of the account ledgers, the preparing and sharing of information including reporting to the management team. Updating financial records and processing invoices.

We need someone who is focused, forward thinking and suggests changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency and looks for ways in which we can reduce costs.

It’s an exciting time to be at Kendal Nutricare, along with the growth comes the need to update our systems.

This is a full-time role based at our headquarters in Kendal, Monday – Friday, 8am – 4pm.

What you’ll be doing:

• Enter financial transactions into internal databases
• Assisting with the resolution of problems on invoices/purchase orders/supplier queries
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all financial transactions
• Raise invoices/credit notes to customers
• Daily chasing of overdue debt
• Set up new customer and supplier accounts
• Perform reconciliations between our ledger and customer portals
• Assist in preparing documentation for external and internal audits
• Provide necessary support during audit processes
• Respond to customer queries/complaints via e-mail, telephone and social media
• Raise claims with our 3rd party couriers
• Issue refunds to customers where required
• Collection and distribution of the Finance Department’s post
• Any other reasonable duties that assist in the effective running of the department
• Complying with safety procedures including but not limited to: adopting safe working practices, wearing the required protective clothing and use of safety equipment appropriate to the role
• Take ownership and be responsible for Product Legality, Quality and Authenticity

What you’ll need:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience essential
• Great numeracy skills, with a high degree of accuracy
• Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard in Maths and English
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Good IT skills
• Good written and oral communication skill

What you’ll get from us:

The opportunity to work for the fastest growing infant milk brand in Europe, alongside a young talented team dedicated to serving thousands of passionate customers.

We offer to all our employees:

• 33 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme by Aegon, the Employer will match contributions up to 5%
• Free health cash plan
• Free Gym Membership, after 12 months with no sickness absence
• Life Assurance at 2 x basic salary, after 6 months of employment
• EAP Programme.
• Onsite canteen with Free healthy breakfast and subsidised food options
• Enhanced Maternity leave policy
• New parents enjoy up to £350 worth of Kendamil products (excluding Stage 1 formula)
• Free on-site parking

If this sounds like a role for you, email our team (recruitment@kendalnutricare.com) with the subjects line ‘Finance Assistant’, your CV and a note on why you’re right for the job — we can’t wait to meet you!