Finance Assistant

We are offering an excellent opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join the Supply Chain Finance team of a global publishing company. This position would suit a recent graduate seeking their first step into a finance career, or someone with some relevant experience looking for a new challenge.

This role will be responsible for controlling outbound freight costs, preparing monthly reporting packs for third-party clients, and producing weekly operational KPI reports. It also supports the wider finance team by maintaining high-quality files and providing analysis that enables accurate cost reporting and effective financial planning.

Extensive training and support will be provided as you grow and develop within the role.

About HarperCollins

HarperCollins boasts over 200 years of publishing excellence, delivering a diverse list of books across multiple genres from some of the world’s most acclaimed authors, including Nobel Prize winners and global bestsellers.

Our Glasgow distribution centre dispatches approximately 100 million books worldwide each year and provides full order-to-cash services for a range of third-party clients from our state-of-the-art facility in Robroyston.

Main Responsibilities

• Validate freight supplier invoices and work with external contacts to resolve invoice queries

• Ensure freight costs are accurately recorded within the supporting finance files

• Prepare weekly KPI dashboards to support the Operations Team and third-party clients

• Produce monthly reporting packs for third-party clients

• Prepare third-party freight charges for inclusion in the monthly billing

• Support the finance team with ad-hoc analysis and project work

Key Attributes & Skills

• Degree in Finance or a related discipline

• Strong attention to detail

• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritise workload effectively

• Solid time-management and organisational skills

• Excellent Excel skills

Benefits

• Hybrid working model (4 days in the office)

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Private healthcare cover and life assurance

• Summer Hours 

• Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal

• Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work

• Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal

• Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers

• Gym membership discount

• Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days

• We're a certified Carbon Neutral company

• Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books

• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts

• Onsite prayer room 

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to [email removed - click apply for more details] with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.