Digital Finance Support Officer
My civil service client is seeking a Digital Finance Officer to join their team on a 6 month contract basis. My client is looking to pay between £400 - £430 per day, with 1 day in office per week required.
They will:
· Provide business-embedded financial support, analysis and reporting on Financial performance
· The finance support is responsible for managing the daily financial operations, including governance of invoices, purchase orders as well as maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring compliance with Policies.
· This role supports month-end and year end processes within the respective business function. The role will involve assisting in preparing financial reports, budgets and forecasts, while analysing financial data to identify trends, variances and improvement opportunities.
· This position requires attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
· Provide accurate and timely financial management information to stakeholders to support effective decision making.
· Support for the management of the annual corporate overheads end-to-end process; acting as a SME on the calculating, reporting and review of the overheads model
· Support management accountants to complete month end process activities: preparing or reviewing accounts, journals, adjustments, corrections, budget transfers, recharging.
· Ensure completeness and accuracy of all records
· Other ad hoc duties which support finance
Key Outputs and Deliverables:
· Month-end financial reporting of performance to their reporting Board
· Leading of key financial governance meetings on a fortnightly basis to maintain an accurate view
· Management of business planning and budgetary control for FY
· Create and maintain financial tracker with the ability to effectively track, monitor and control spend
· Key Management information reports on trend analysis / financial risks and opportunities
· Complete and updated documented process notes to allow others to easily carry out job holders tasks when required.
Key Stakeholder Relationships
Internal
· Relevant SLT / Business teams
· Management accounting team
· Finance Business Partner
External
· Shared Service customers
Role Criteria
| Essential Criteria | · Strong written and oral communications skills with ability to present financial data to a differing set of stakeholders with differing requirements in a way to inform and create understanding. · Strong Excel skills, able to create financial templates, maintain good records and pull information on insights / trends analysis · Good business knowledge, able to understand business area's financial situation and present insight and advice to support decision making. · Experience of working in a finance team, with good understanding of Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, purchase ledger processes and procedures. · Able to prioritise and work accurately under pressure. · Detail conscious and numerate. · Must have excellent soft skills, team player, communicating with a range of internal and external stakeholders and taking the initiative |
| Desirable Criteria | · Previous Civil Service finance experience · Reporting/ data graphic skills · CIMA/ACA qualified or working towards qualification |
Behaviours
- Changing and improving
- Communicating and influencing
- Managing a quality service
- Delivering at pace
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.
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