Finance Placement Student
The Finance Placement Student will work between our Accounts Payable and Credit Control teams in a busy finance environment. The successful student will provide assistance and administrative support, in return gaining exposure to the finance function of a large manufacturing organisation.
Working hours: Monday – Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm, Friday 8.30am to 2.00pm (37.5 hours per week)
Location: Lisburn, BT28 2FL
*This role is office based at Decora Head Office in Lisburn.
- Working with the Finance Team to deal with all invoices coming into the company through computerised systems.
- Updating and maintaining supplier records.
- Setting up new supplier records.
- Reconciling and creating supplier payments through the different banking systems.
- Reconciling employee expenses through computerised systems.
- Ordering and delegating company stationery.
- Creating credit notes relating to support calls and ensuring all credits are authorised by the relevant personnel.
- Reconciling petty cash each week.
- Administrative duties in the office.
- Uploading of EDI invoices to customer finance portal for payments.
- Assisting with posting and allocation of all customer daily payments; cheques, BACS and credit cards, in line with daily timelines.
- Reconciling unallocated payments.
- Updating and maintaining customer records.
- Logging of customer queries onto in-house query management system.
- Convert customer paid quotes to order in line with daily cut offs, maintain and reconcile daily spread sheet.
- Completing the daily invoicing routine of posting all invoices onto the customers’ accounts.
- Send copy invoices and statements to customers as requested.
- Allocating proforma accounts to ensure all payments are matched in for month end.
- Assist in new account application by obtaining satisfactory credit references. Gather all data for new accounts for manager approval. Opening new accounts on the system and sending welcome emails out to the new customers.
- Any other reasonable duties which may be required by management from time to time.
- Currently a full time students registered with a NI University, working towards a Finance or Business-related degree
- Strong IT skills including proficiency in Microsoft packages
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Effective communicator with the ability to communicate at all levels
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to learn new skills and tasks quickly
- High degree of motivation and enthusiasm
- Able to work in a team or individually, as required
Please note, short listing may be based on Year 1 and Year 2 Module Exams/ Results.
- Experience of financial systems
- Experience of customer services
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Demonstrate an organised approach to work with the ability to prioritise
- Enhanced annual leave
- Paid medical appointment allowance
- Health Shield benefit upon 6 months service
- Discount on company products- up to 50%
- Leisure corporate discount
- Employee referral scheme
- Employee recognition schemes
- On-site parking
Please forward your CV and covering letter, which demonstrate how the above criteria are met, through the ‘Apply Now’ button below.
Closing date: Friday, 20th March 2026.
*Applicants should be able to provide proof that they have a right to work in the UK.
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