Finance Assistant fixed term – Bournemouth
Job Description
Job title: Finance Assistant fixed term – Bournemouth
Company: Signature Aviation
Job description: Finance Assistant (Fixed term 12 months)
Signature TECHNICAir
Bournemouth Airport
Monday to Friday 08:30-17:00
We are actively seeking a skilled Finance professional to become an integral part of our dynamic team. In this exciting 12-month fixed-term contract, you will play a crucial role in facilitating a smooth transition to our new business system, contributing significantly to our overall success.
Who we are:
Signature TECHNICAir, is a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul specializing in small to mid-size, turbine-powered business aircraft, with locations throughout the United States and Europe. As a division of Signature Aviation, Signature TECHNICAir EMEA operates a full service, CAA & EASA certified Part 145 Repair Station at Bournemouth airport, in conjunction with strategically positioned mobile service units based at Farnborough and Luton airports that serve a wide range of capabilities, across the UK and Europe.
Your new role:
As a Finance Assistant at Signature TechnicAir your primary focus is on minimising work in progress for the upcoming installation of a new core system. This includes tasks such as monitoring projects for billing readiness and reconciling key customer requirements and plays a key role in liaising with internal and external stakeholders to streamline processes. Additionally, the role is integral to month-end financial procedures.
Month End
- Create and process the monthly Work-In-Progress (WIP) reports.
- Generate comprehensive labour and material reports from the Aircraft Maintenance Programme and update working documents.
- Review open jobs, correlate with work in progress (WIP) schedule and check closed jobs align with those invoiced in period.
Sales Invoicing & Key Customer Maintenance Portal
- Generate comprehensive project reports encompassing all business units, thoroughly reviewing content validity for billed items and actively liaising with relevant parties to promptly address any discrepancies.
- Maintaining close collaboration with warranty to ensure comprehensive capture and recovery of warranty claims.
- Efficiently manage customer’s maintenance portal, capturing all new key customer inputs, while accurately recording relevant job numbers.
- Upon the completion of jobs, proactively chase and process work packs within contracted time limits to optimise the billing process.
- Identify discrepancies with parts margins and labour bookings and work with the relevant departments to resolve.
- Upload and reconciliation of documents onto key customer maintenance portal, actively engaging with customer to swiftly resolve any ongoing or outstanding queries.
About you:
- 2 years’ experience within a finance role.
- Knowledge of CAFAM (Aircraft Maintenance Program) and/or Exact (finance system) desirable but not essential.
- Proficient in computer skills, particularly MS Office and Excel.
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Able to reconcile data confidently.
- Confident with numbers and data input, with an eye for detail.
- Strong commercial acumen. Considers the financial and commercial implications when taking action and making decisions.
- Demonstrating a strong passion for providing excellent customer service is crucial for you.
- You are adept at planning and prioritizing effectively, ensuring efficient task management.
- Your communication skills, both written and verbal, are excellent, enabling you to convey information clearly.
- With a keen sense of diligence and high levels of integrity, you consistently demonstrate professionalism.
- Your self-motivation and ability to work independently without supervision are notable strengths. You maintain a positive “can do” attitude, effectively employing problem-solving and critical thinking skills to resolve issues promptly.
- Collaboration comes naturally to you, and you communicate effectively as part of a team.
- You are adaptable and can positively respond to changing situations and priorities.
- With your exceptional attention to detail, you diligently follow instructions to ensure task completion with accuracy.
What We Offer:
Our people are extremely important to us, so we offer a benefits package designed to motivate and reward you, whilst considering your overall health, wellbeing, and that all-important work / life integration.
- Enhanced holiday entitlement
- Defined Contribution Company Pension Scheme, with matched contribution up to 7.5%
- Employee Assistance Program – 24/7 help, guidance and support including access to free face-to-face counselling
- Access to an Employee Perks platform (shopping discounts)
- Medicash Proactive – health cash plan
- Company sick pay
- Flexible start/finish times
- Life Assurance – 4x Base Salary
- Free on-site parking
- Full access to LinkedIn Learning and ongoing Training & Development Opportunities
- Global Development Scheme Opportunities
- Mentorship schemes
- Recognition programme – performance, going above and beyond, long service
- Volunteering / Charity Days
- Regular social events
- Enhanced Family Friendly Leave Policies
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further consideration.
Signature TechnicAir is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
