Senior finance administrator
Senior Finance Administrator Salary: £29,000 Location: Manchester
An established investment trust, supported by a successful professional services business, is seeking a Senior Finance Administrator to join its Manchester office. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation that combines the stability and reputation of a Blue Chip Organisation.
As the business continues to grow and evolve, you will play a key role in supporting the finance function, ensuring accounts payable processes run efficiently while contributing to a culture of continuous improvement. This position is ideal for an experienced finance professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, values accuracy, and thrives in a supportive workplace.
Why Join?
This organisation offers the opportunity to build your career within a respected and growing business that genuinely invests in its people. Employees benefit from a strong culture of collaboration, professional development, and recognition, alongside an excellent rewards package that includes:
- Salary of £29,000
- Performance-related bonus
- Generous pension contributions
- Private healthcare cover
- Health cash plan
- Life assurance
- Flexible annual leave options
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
The Role
As a Senior Finance Administrator, you will support the day-to-day operation of the accounts payable function within a busy shared services environment. You will be responsible for processing supplier invoices, resolving queries, maintaining accurate financial records, and supporting internal controls and compliance requirements.
Working closely with colleagues across the business, you will help ensure efficient financial operations while identifying opportunities to improve processes and enhance service delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Process third-party supplier invoices accurately and within agreed timescales
- Match invoices against purchase orders and resolve discrepancies
- Enter and post transactions into the accounts payable system
- Respond to supplier and internal payment queries in a timely and professional manner
- Support the billing team with client recharge processing
- Monitor accounts payable controls and ensure compliance with company policies
- Resolve escalated accounts payable issues and maintain positive supplier relationships
- Manage Zendesk tickets in line with agreed service levels
- Assist with audit requests and provide supporting documentation when required
- Identify and recommend process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy
About You
To succeed in this role, you will bring previous accounts payable experience, strong attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. You will be comfortable managing high volumes of transactions while maintaining accuracy and delivering a high level of service to internal and external stakeholders.
You will have:
- Experience within an accounts payable function, ideally in a shared services environment
- Experience processing employee expenses and financial transactions
- Strong numerical, analytical, and data management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong Microsoft Excel and general IT skills
- A proactive and organised approach to work
- The ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
- A collaborative mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement
- A willingness to learn and develop professionally
Professional development is actively encouraged, and employees are empowered to contribute ideas, drive improvements, and build rewarding long-term careers within the business.
Apply Now
If you are looking for the next step in your finance career and want to join an organisation that values collaboration, development, and high-quality work, we would love to hear from you.
Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates
About the job
Contract Type: Permanent
Specialism: Accountancy & Finance
Focus: Finance Manager
Industry: Financial Services
Salary: Negotiable
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Experience Level: Mid Management
Location: Manchester
FULL_TIMEJob Reference: U6GMRT-4E5F5846
Date posted: 17 June 2026
Consultant: Ellie Rose Conte
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