Finance Administrator
ABOUT LAND ENERGY
Land Energy is the UK’s leading biomass energy company, producing high\-quality wood pellets, briquettes and natural living soils. Based in Girvan, Ayrshire, in the heart of south\-west Scotland, we are at the forefront of sustainable energy innovation \- delivering Real Environmental Gain in everything we do.
Our low\-carbon briquette factory perfectly complements our existing state\-of\-the\-art wood pellet production plant. With a secure UK supply chain, we’re proud to offer the best and most sustainable wood pellets and briquettes available in the UK today.
Our natural living soils products provide a sustainable alternative to synthetic fertilisers, serving the agricultural, forestry, horticultural, home and garden centre sectors.
We offer exciting career opportunities within a growing, progressive business that presents a wide variety of challenges and cutting\-edge technologies.
At Land Energy, we operate a high\-performance biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant equipped with an Organic Rankine Cycle turbine, along with a 100,000\-tonne wood pellet production facility. Our new wood briquette production line produces 45,000 tonnes annually.
At Land Energy, Health and Safety is every person’s responsibility. A safe working environment and following safe working practices is standard practice for all employees. We expect a proactive, positive and constructive attitude to all Environmental, Health and Safety.
We’re a team of curious, forward\-thinking individuals who never settle for the status quo. We’re always looking for new ways to improve our products and processes. You’ll need to be comfortable in this environment, whilst maintaining a strong team ethos.
The Role
The purpose of this role is to provide accurate and efficient transactional finance support across the organisation, ensuring the timely processing of financial transactions, maintenance of accurate financial records, and compliance with financial regulations and internal controls. The role supports the smooth operation of the finance function through reconciliations, ledger maintenance, payment processing, and audit support, while contributing to continuous improvement in financial processes and systems.
What you’ll be doing:
- Accurately process high volumes of financial transactions, including supplier invoices, customer invoicing, staff expenses, and expense claims.
- Perform regular, often daily, reconciliations of bank accounts and credit cards to ensure accuracy.
- Maintain supplier and customer account records, manage payment runs, and handle collections.
- Post journals, ensure correct VAT coding, and maintain accurate records of purchases and sales in the finance system.
- Assist with the preparation of audit files and provide necessary documentation for internal and external audits.
- Identify opportunities for improving efficiency and accuracy in transactional workflows.
- Adhere to financial regulations (e.g., VAT, HMRC) and maintain internal financial controls.
- Good attention to detail with a high level of accuracy in data entry and reconciliation.
- Experience with systems like SAGE 200 or similar ERP software.
- Confident excel user.
- Basic understanding of accounting principles (debits/credits) and VAT regulations.
- Confident communicator with strong communications skills for liaising with suppliers, customers.
- Working towards part\-qualified accounting status (e.g., AAT) or equivalent experience.
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free flu jabs
- Gym membership
- On\-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
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