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Senior Finance Associate

Dublin, Ireland

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Job ID 141609BR

Job Status Employee – Fixed Term

Category Finance

Date posted April 10, 2025

JOB DESCRIPTION

Senior Finance Associate

Senior Finance Associate – GNFR (12 month FTC)

Because we strive to put people first.
Culture, our way.

Finance at Primark
What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.


What You’ll Get
People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Pension, 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do as a Senior Finance Associate
We are looking for a Senior Finance Associate to join our Financial Operations team. The Financial Operations team is responsible for supplier invoice processing, payments, and other financial transactional processes. This role will be part of a team with responsibility for one or more of these processes and associated supplier and business engagement, with the aim to support the Team Lead in the day-to-day organisation and running of the Accounts Receivable team.
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

Duties & Responsibilities
  • High level overview on the processing of invoices using the Oracle Financial System.
  • Processing journals requiring allocations to be split across multiple locations, cost centres or entities.
  • Managing and clearing debit balance items across multiple locations, accounts, and entities. Focusing on driving resolving open items across the team.
  • Ensuring payment files are reviewed and signed off adhering to tight deadlines.
  • Investigating and correcting exceptions and rejected payments.
  • Closely work with key stakeholders in a dedicated country (or countries) of your responsibility to ensure all invoices are actioned with agreed SLA’s.
  • Ensure all transactions are processed in accordance with our policies and procedures and all our inventory & reconciliation processes are completed in line with business requirements.
  • Work with our vendors and Sourcing and Procurement functions to maximise processing efficiency and manage compliance.
  • Collaborate with our 3rd party providers and ICT Support Teams to ensure daily operational interfaces are working as scheduled.
  • Establish and maintain good relationships with all stakeholders of Financial Operations.
  • Work closely with a small number of direct reports in tandem with the Team Lead leading those through the ways or working on the team and their professional and learning development within Primark.
  • Engage in continuous process quality improvement and enhanced customer service in line with targets and metrics.
  • Participation in projects (e.g., New Markets), testing of new functionality on IT systems, validation of vendor master.
  • Participate in the period end process – intercompany cleardown, accruals, opening the new period, closing the previous period, and collaborating with a multitude of different teams across finance and the wider organisation.
  • Preparation of KPI Reports for the department.
  • Knowledge of Oracle Financials and invoice automation tools. Other systems experience is also desirable e.g., experience of P2P systems and DocuSign.

What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
  • Excellent English both oral and written with additional language a plus.
  • Diploma/degree standard of education preferably in a business/administration related.
  • Experience in a similar role in a shared service environment is highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of letters of credit and forward collection payment arrangements.
  • Commission, Inspection and supplier claims processes.
  • Previous experiences of customs & duty processes.
  • Knowledge of reprocessing and supplier returns.
  • Comprehension of supply chain and its touch points with Financial Operations.
  • Understanding of Buying & Merchandising and its touch points with Financial Operations.
  • IT skills to include MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint are essential.
  • Strong interpersonal skills – with a proactive curious mind and a desire for continuous learning and development.
Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.
All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

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