Finance & Operations Coordinator
Job Summary
What makes RLB unique is our inclusive culture. As an independent employee-owned business teamwork and collaboration lies at the heart of everything we do. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies are just some of the ways we invest in employee wellbeing.
Role Overview
The Finance & Operations Coordinator Europe provides operational finance support to the Finance & Operations Europe Lead and wider team ensuring the effective administration coordination and control of financial and contractual processes across the European business. The role plays a key part in supporting accurate invoicing forecasting cashflow management and continuous improvement of financial systems and processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide daytoday operational support to the F&O Europe Lead and wider team to support delivery of the European business plan and financial objectives.
- Support Contract Owners to ensure invoice milestones are accurately aligned across Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) entities and IFF (Internal Fee Forecast) coordinating with internal stakeholders to ensure correct financial recording for European entities.
- Conduct monthly reviews with Contract Owners to confirm projects are marked as ready for invoicing proactively identifying delays and escalating risks to the F&O Lead where required.
- Maintain accurate and uptodate contract crosssell information across regions through regular engagement with Contract Owners.
- Assist the F&O Lead with the collection and consolidation of Work in Progress (WIP) information to support accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Manage and maintain the European Interim Fee Forecast including manual setup of project numbers for European contracts and opportunities and the logging filing and tracking of all related COR forms.
- Coordinate with Billing and Finance teams to ensure invoicing requirements are correctly prepared and invoices are issued on time supporting the organisations cashflow objectives.
- Review weekly debt positions with Contract Owners and coordinate actions with Credit Control in line with established credit control policies.
- Collect validate and process reimbursable expenses from Contract Owners and coordinate with Finance / Billing to ensure timely invoicing to clients.
- Ensure the timely completion of all required financial administration activities in line with agreed deadlines.
- Support the setup maintenance and ongoing accuracy of opportunities and contracts within D365 ensuring high standards of data integrity and consistency.
- Proactively identify and deliver improvements to financial and operational processes through effective use of D365 including workflow optimisation and automation opportunities.
- Support the development maintenance and enhancement of Power BI reports and dashboards to improve financial visibility reporting efficiency and management decisionmaking.
- Strong demonstrable finance or financial operations background
- Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) within a finance or operations context with the ability to support process improvement and system optimisation
- Fluent English (spoken and written) is essential with the ability to communicate confidently and professionally with a Europewide Englishspeaking stakeholder group
- High level of IT proficiency particularly across the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Word PowerPoint Outlook)
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fastpaced environment
- Strong attention to detail and a methodical wellorganised approach to work
- Able to remain professional and composed under pressure
- Demonstrates a high level of discretion and confidentiality
- Confident and effective communicator able to work with stakeholders across functions and regions
- Ideally experience working with Power BI including building maintaining or using financial and operational reports and dashboards
- Ideally experience contributing to process automation and continuous improvement initiatives within finance or operations functions
RLB Employee Benefits
- Hybrid Working - Working patterns to support your work-life balance.
- Well-Rewarded - A competitive salary and generous holiday entitlement. As well as the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days.
- Personal Development - A continuous learning and development programme including established APC and in-house mentoring schemes.
- Additional Benefits - We offer a wide range of benefits including professional membership subscriptions.
- Exceptional Exposure - Youll have the opportunity to work on diverse projects across different sectors and regions.
- Social Responsibility - We hold team and social events as well as charity fundraising and volunteering activities.
Our Diversity Equity & Inclusion Commitment
Required Experience:
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About Company
RLB's 35-year presence in the Kingdom continues as we expand our services throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, working on projects in central, eastern and western provinces. Our extensive expertise covers cost consultancy, project management, facilities management and claims servi ... View more