Finance Specialist

170+ Years Strong. Industry Leader. Global Impact. At Pinkerton, the mission is to protect our clients. To do this, we provide enterprise risk management services and programs specifically designed for each client. Pinkerton employees are one of our most important assets and critical to the delivery of world-class solutions. Bonded together, we share a commitment to integrity, vigilance, and excellence.

Pinkerton is an inclusive employer who seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our family of industry subject matter experts.

The Finance Specialist prepares reports and financial statement and provides financial management advice on PO revisions and periodical forecasts.

• Represent Pinkerton's core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
• The life cycle of Budget-PO-Accruals-Invoicing.
• Revisions of PO budgets,periodical forecasts and accruals.
• Assisting in monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reporting.
• Interaction with cross-functional teams and reporting to Country, Region and Global Management.
• Contract preparation, monitoring,renewals.
• Monthly,quarterly and yearly financial audits.
• Invoice and payment tracking,verification, follow-ups and closures.
• Establish and prepare accurate and timely information for budget monitoring and progress reporting of programme funds.
• Raise purchase order, monitor, and ensure sufficient funds into it.
• Communicate regularly with key colleagues through regular reporting, by email, phone and occasional face-to-face meetings.
• Complete data and record management.
• Monitor ongoing activities and revise contracts.
• Ensure timely and correct invoices, resolve an issue related to finance, and submit on-time submission of invoices.
• Ensure timely payments.
• Conduct internal finance audits.
• All other duties, as assigned. 

Commerce graduate with four to six years of experience in a finance function. 

• Finance experience including analysis and forecasting.
• Strong data entry and numerical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Serve as an effective team member.
• Initiative is driven with a positive attitude.
• Attentive to detail and accuracy.
• Able to manage multiple assignments with competing deadlines and priorities.
• Effective time management skills.
• Computer skills; Microsoft Office.

Working Conditions: With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to perform effectively all essential functions. In addition to other demands, the demands of the job include:

• Regular computer usage.
• Occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment. 
• Frequent sitting.