Finance and Administration Manager

Company: Saica Group
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Location: Audenshaw
Job Description:

Company Description

Saica Group offers sustainable paper solutions for the manufacture of corrugated board and flexible packaging, promoting circularity in waste management. With more than 12,000 employees and a presence in 11 countries (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Turkey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States), Saica Group has four business lines: the production of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard (Saica Paper), waste management and environmental services (Saica Natur), the production of corrugated board packaging (Saica Pack), and flexible packaging (Saica Flex).

Job Description

The role:

Responsible for the production of Management Accounts for the Depot including forecasting, credit control, accruals and stakeholder management across Saica Natur UK. Also responsible for the smooth running of the administrative functions within the office with people management responsibility.

Main Responsibilities

Tasks / Functions / main responsibilities:

Accounts

  • The timely and accurate preparation of all management accounts for the depot (once qualified)
  • Responsible for the monthly accruals and journals, i.e. expenses (once qualified)
  • Liaise with credit control to record and manage bad debt.
  • Provision of accurate and timely forecasting
  • Annual budget preparation
  • Analysis of variance and recommendations against budget Vs actual
  • People Management responsibility of administrators and operational staff in partnership with Depot Manager to include managing performance, quality of work, appraisals, payroll and all HR issues.
  • Stakeholder management.
  • Identify areas of improvement and suggest continuous improvements
  • Report on commercial financial data as per the requirements of the business area.
  • Working with all internal systems to include SAP, PRIMSA and Webcycle
  • Assist external and internal auditors during periodic audits

Office

  • Accurate recording of drivers and production staff hours to include overtime, holiday and any other absence for HR and payroll.
  • Issuing Purchase orders on SAP and match to the corresponding incoming invoices.
  • Monthly update of depot paper / plastic prices on PRISMA
  • Ensure the smooth running of the office, controlling the ordering of stationery, canteen supplies and PPE
  • Manage and support the team in order to complete all monthly administration tasks to ensure that all jobs and confirmed, correct weights added, checked and invoiced as well as all third party invoices are paid.
  • Develop and maintain the administrative process and procedures.

Undertake any other duties as requested by their line manager in accordance with the scope and the responsibilities of the role.

Recommended Personal Profile

Academic qualifications

  • University education plus a qualified ACCA, CIMA (or similar) or working towards qualification Professional experience
  • Managing a small team and ability to work across all business areas – essential
  • Excellent communicator – essential
  • Experience in forecasting – essential
  • Experince in Credit Control – essential
  • Strong analytical skills – essential

Specific Training

(detailed in specialised functions)

  • All Microsoft Office applications, SAP and Saica Payroll, Prisma

Job Requirements

You will enjoy working at Saica if you:

  • Care: Are a team-player, support your colleagues and share your ideas
  • It’s important that you want an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity
  • Value: Have high standards, want to achieve good quality and great service
  • Challenge: You are self-motivated to improve and achieve. You are open and transparent, tell it as it is.
  • Specific skills or experience requirements will be shown in the job description.

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Posted: June 30th, 2026