Job Description

This is a fast-paced and challenging role with tasks and responsibilities which span several key finance disciplines including:

• Management Reporting
• Finance Business Partnering
• Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Financial Operations

This role will allow the successful candidate to develop their experience and exposure to a wide range of financial disciplines providing an excellent development opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of month end journals, to include raising accruals and prepayments and resolving any corrective entries required in the general ledger.
• Committee fee processing, reconciliations, journals, payments
• Payroll and associated returns, FTE sheet and reconciliations
• Ensure month-end procedures are adhered to and accounting deadlines met.
• Review monthly reconciliations across a range of items including balance sheet accounts and liaise with shared services partner to resolve variances.
• Ensure managers are made aware of significant financial issues and risks.
• Prepare financial management information from SOP system generated reports.
• Review monthly expenditure items and raising and resolving issues with shared services partner.
• Collate and respond on periodic returns.
• Ad-hoc project work across Finance, HR, IT, Procurement, Operational.
• Prepare financial evidence for interim and year-end audits and work with auditors to resolve audit questions.
• Develop and maintain Management Information systems to enable reporting.
• Support the Corporate Team with internal audit processes.
• Responding to finance queries from both internal stakeholders and external suppliers in a timely manner through effective management of the Finance Team Outlook inbox.
• Purchasing tasks, including but not limited to, raising requisitions, receipting PO’s, liaising with shared service partner to resolve issues.
• Checking and processing credit card (GPC) expenses.

Behaviors

We'll assess you against these behaviors during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience in central government financial management, financial analysis, and financial planning, with a working knowledge of Oracle based finance systems e.g., SOP, Hyperion/SmartView, strong Microsoft Excel skills and a working knowledge of managing database extracts, both financial and non-financial is desirable.
• Ability to adopt a proactive problem-solving approach in responding to the changing needs of the business.
• Experience of dealing with external auditors