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At Honda we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work.
The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break & 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday. However, we offer flexibility of when you work with our daily flex-time start of between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement.
Whilst there is no contractual right to work from home, the flexibility we offer is that you can request to work from home for a maximum of 50% of the working days in any one month, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.
The Role
This role is suitable for an individual who would like to experience working in a finance department whilst also experiencing the activities of the treasury function. The role covers the key finance tasks of reporting, analysis and budgeting for the income statement, and also providing exposure to several areas of Finance including Tax, Treasury, and Audit.
The treasury aspect ensures that payments entering and leaving the business are accounted for accurately and securely. The role is also supporting the administration to ensure that all Treasury deals are transacted accurately and in accordance with good governance and in line with policy.
The role will also be helping with the ongoing software transition. As the roles involves reconciliation using the new system, this will provide an overview and general understanding on several software applications being used.
We require pro-active, self-motivated and flexible individuals who are able to assist delivering work to support these projects.
Main Responsibilities
Accounting
- Work with month end routines, including file set-up and the accurate preparation, and reconciliation of payments into accounting systems
- Preparation of analysis for the monthly financial reports review
- Balance Sheet reconciliation
- Prepare reconciliations to test the accuracy of the new system
- Assist with cost centre accounting and reporting
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting
- Support the Department Manager with internal and external audits
- Data analysis
- Assist in other areas of Finance, as needed
- Assist with ad hoc project work in the finance area, i.e. Excel training, Monthly Discussion of Finance topics
Treasury and Cashiering
- Input of daily payments into the online banking system.
- Support the preparation of the daily cash management requirements
- Monitor daily cash flow and support forecasting to identify borrowing requirements.
- Administration of direct debit and cheque rejections.
- Administer the processing and banking of cheques received, company receipts including Vehicle disposal (auction) receipts and Collection Agency receipts.
- Working closely with the Customer Services team to support payment and customer queries
- Administration of all Treasury deals into the Treasury Management System
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Required
- Must be an undergraduate, undertaking business related degree, looking for a placement as part of their studies.
- Strong IT skills and proficient in the use of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Analytical mind, with ability to see end to end process.
- Ability to work with and interpret vast amounts of data and explain anomalies
- Highly motivated, with an enquiring mind and passion for excellence
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work alongside other departments to resolve payment related queries
Desirable
- Full training will be given so experience of applications is not essential.
About Us
Honda is dedicated to the principle of creating equal opportunities within the workplace for all associates, agency workers, contractors, job applicants and visitors.
Central to this is Honda's commitment to be a fair, discrimination free company that accepts the uniqueness and differences of people around the world and adheres to the principle that all people are created equal, and we embrace inclusion with our various policies.
This commitment comes directly from the Honda Philosophy and belief that we all work together for a common purpose. Honda recruits, hires, trains and promotes into all levels the most qualified/experienced individuals without regard to race, colour, origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.
