Job Description:
What you’ll do:
- To act as a business partner to Accountants and Sales teams within the EMEA organisation
- Support Accountants in their responsibilities by acting as delegate
- Own critical department processes and deliver accurately, consistently in a timely manner
- Uphold global Belkin policy with regard to customer programs activity and assist/support the business with compliance
- Support in the accurate control and recording of customer program expense and accrued balances
- Support in the maintenance of schedules of accrual balances that are reconciled to the Company’s liability to each customer
- Support in the generation and publishing of monthly customer program reports as required
- Support in review and settlement of complex claims activity and disputes from customers
- Manage multiple stakeholders with courtesy and professionalism
- Support in completion of Month end processes
- Deal with ad hoc requests relating customer programs from the business
How you’ll do it
- Maintain a constructive on-going dialogue with Accountants and Sales regions
- Ensure that automated accruals for customer programs are posted correctly in the accounts, consistent with contractual obligations
- Actively highlight areas of concern with accrual balances and levels of spend
- Monitoring of program invoices received against the relevant accrual; ensure that these are cross referenced to contracts and turnover to ensure validity of charges
- Month end close – account reconciliations and posting of journals to Oracle, preparation of working papers to support balances
- Identify that appropriate procedures have been followed in evaluating and authorising Program & Allowance spend before commitments are made with customers
- Adhoc analysis to support requests from the business and on-going initiatives
What you’ll need
- Strong Articulation skills and the ability to act with authority
- Strong discipline and attention to detail
- Collaborative attitude to maintaining a relationship with senior Accountants and Salespeople and supporting them in their business
- Strong academic background
- An understanding of accrual accounting and general accounting principles is preferable
What you’ve done
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a Finance/Accounting department
- Strong performance in Academic results to date
- Understanding of basic accounting processes and principles is preferred
- Exposure to Month end close is preferred – account reconciliations and posting of journals, preparation of working papers to support balances
- Preferably worked in a role or environment where negotiation skills and internal customer service is essential
- Intermediate Excel Skills
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to develop their career in accounting and to gain exposure to experienced Accountants and business professionals.
What you’ll get in return
- Competitive Salary, Benefits and Bonus Plan
- Flexible hybrid working
- Optional Private Health Insurance & Dental Insurance
- Pension
- Life Assurance & Income Protection Insurance
- 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days after 5 years) & Bank Holidays
- Belkin Product Employee Discount Programme
What you’re getting into
We’ve got big collaborative spaces for your big ideas, so bring an open mind and leave your suit in the closet. We all are committed to creating unique and rewarding consumer experiences. Everyone is interested in succeeding – for the team, for themselves and for the business. Cross-functionally and across the company, everyone has common goals and aspires to be their best.
You will learn something new or at least look at things differently every day. There are so many smart and creative people around that you’ll be motivated to pursue the ideal.
Team spirit is infectious. Belkin is an extremely open workplace, where communication is essential. Not every idea will be accepted, but you’ll be asked for your point of view. Innovation thrives on multiple and varied levels. At Belkin we challenge conventional wisdom and refuse to accept that something cannot be done.
Belkin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer Disability and Veterans. We maintain a drug-free workplace.
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Location:Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
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What We Do
Belkin is a California-based accessories leader delivering award-winning power, protection, productivity, connectivity, and audio products over the last 40 years. Designed and engineered in Southern California and sold in more than 100 countries around the world, Belkin has maintained its steadfast focus on research and development, community, education, sustainability and most importantly, the people it serves. From our humble beginnings in a Southern California garage in 1983, Belkin has become a diverse, global technology company. We remain forever inspired by the planet we live on, and the connection between people and technology.
Throughout its 40-year history, Belkin has developed essential peripherals for devices like laptops, phones and more. Belkin has played an influential role in the early development of key technology standards that are now commonplace in our everyday lives, including USB-C and MagSafe to name a few. Belkin continues to set the pace today as the leading OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) known and revered around the world for its staunch and longstanding relationships with big tech companies like Apple, Samsung, Google, and many others.
Why Work With Us
Belkin is proud to have built a workplace comprised of authentic, brilliant, supportive, collaborative people that celebrate one another’s wins and also challenge each other to grow and achieve their potential. Belkin has grown from the grassroots of entrepreneurship, keeping the same start-up energy and promoting creativity and innovation.
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