Senior Administrator

Position: Senior Administrator Area: Tameside (Greater Manchester) Salary: £30k - £35k The Company: Large and most trusted engineering company, providing products and services to aerospace, defence and commercial sectors The Role: * My client are looking to appoint a Senior Administrator (with progression to the role of Commercial Manager) with experience and understanding of payroll, general business administration functions, SAP and finance in a manufacturing environment to support their Commercial Director and wider senior management team within their sheet metal and assembly business. * Processing new customer/supplier accounts * Processing purchase invoices * Dealing with and resolving customer/supplier invoice queries * Raising purchase orders * Managing any proforma supplier accounts * Responsible for supplier statement reconciliations * Reviewing work in progress (WIP) costs against budgeted costs and analysing any over spend * Analysing previous manufacturing costs to support the sales and estimating team * Monitor APR (Advance production reserve) * Sales forecasting * Produce various KPI’s * Resolve sale ledger debt issues * Manage customer commercial issues * Monthly reviews with onsite accountant around WIP and overheads * Reviewing supplier terms and conditions Director final sign off * Recruitment onboarding process * Releasing purchase orders * Processing sales invoices * Raising recharges Payroll, providing cover and support processing: * Wages * Annual leave requirements * Timesheets Requirements: * Excellent Microsoft office PC skills (mostly excel) * Good understanding of SAP / other similar system in a manufacturing / production environment * Confident and professional when speaking to colleagues, clients and suppliers * The ability to work flexible hours should the business need arise