About this role
About the Role
The Finance Assistant will support the purchase ledger and month-end processes, ensuring accurate processing of invoices and timely financial data to support business decisions. This role combines transactional processing with financial control and collaboration across the finance team. What You'll Do
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Process and maintain the purchase ledger, including PO matching, coding, and processing invoices
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Assist with month-end activities, ensuring prepayments are booked and discrepancies resolved
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Perform supplier statement reconciliations and weekly payment runs to suppliers
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Support key control account reconciliations and monthly subledger aging reviews
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Provide administrative support to the finance team and act as first point of contact for queries
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Provide audit information for internal and external auditors and generate ad-hoc management reporting
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Reconcile and coordinate payment of travel and expenses
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Ensure monthly processing deadlines are met and maintain data accuracy across systems
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Uphold Sonoco culture and values with a people-centric approach
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Undertake other duties as directed by management What We're Looking For
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Experience in processing and maintaining purchase ledgers (PO matching, coding, invoice processing)
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Experience in month-end processes, prepayments, discrepancy investigation and resolution
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Experience with supplier statement reconciliations and weekly payment runs
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Experience with key control account reconciliations and monthly subledger aging reviews
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Strong administrative and data entry skills and the ability to keep documentation up to date
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Ability to provide audit information and coordinate with internal and external auditors
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Experience producing ad-hoc management reports and responding to management requests
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Excellent communication skills and the ability to be the first point of contact for queries
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Alignment with Sonoco values and a people-centric, collaborative approach
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Ability to manage deadlines and work across multiple tasks