Job Description
Salary: £45,272 per annum (dependent on skills and experience).
Hours:Full time
Contract Type: Open Ended.
Location:Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Closing Date: 4th February 2025
Purpose of the role
Working closely with the other Senior Financial Accountants, Financial Control Mangers and Financial controller, the role will be responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, completion of external audits and working closely with National Audit office (NAO), Government Internal Audit ( GIA) and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)colleagues.
Key Areas of Accountability
Leadership / teamwork / collaboration
Effective and active contributor to the team, where appropriate makes proactive suggestions to improve ways of working and coordinates with other teams within UKRI.
Build & maintain good working relationships with colleagues & partners and provide input where needed to assist in the resolution of queries, & to share findings.
Deals effectively with challenging situations and consults at a higher level when necessary.
Adaptable and flexible approach to work; able to effectively multi-task
Delivery / programmes / projects / process
Responsible for delivering allocated tasks and functions in support of the financial control team including:
Production of monthly, interim, and yearend financial accounts for 2 UKRI entities including reporting onto DSIT accounts portal
Working in partnership with the UKRI entities Finance Business Partners (FBP) to ensure accurate management and financial accounts.
Support on the preparation of UKRI consolidated TB and detailed TB for interim and final accounts to support UKRI accounts consolidation.
Review and implementation of UKRI harmonised accounts mapping.
National Audit Office (NAO) liaison and provision of audit data sets
Providing training and advice to colleagues producing Counterparty and Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) datasets
Provide support to other senior reporting accountant in team with non-current asset work which includes but is not limited to:
oFixed asset reporting for UKRI Councils on working day 3
oManaging the workflow of 2 colleagues who assist on Fixed Assets reconciliations and Asset Verification and Validation
oAnnual indexation of UKRI fixed assets
oAnnual asset validation and verification exercise across UKRI
oLeases review and reporting
We are implementing a cloud-based ERP system. This role will be integral to implementing continuous improvement across financial control.
Other
This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main duties and responsibilities only.The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role in conjunction with their line manager. The post holder may be asked to carry out any other delegated duty or task that is in line with the post.
Essential skills, qualifications & experience
(S) Assessed at shortlisting
(I) Assessed at interview
(S&I) Assessed at both shortlisting and interview
Qualifications
CCAB qualified (desirable) or qualified by experience. (S)
Experience & knowledge:
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Excel, and Outlook. (S/I)
* Previous experience working in a finance environment and dealing with tight deadlines. (S/I)
* Experience of preparing financial accounts including notes to accounts from trial balance (S/I)
* Experience of external audits, providing audit data and liaison with auditors (S/I)
* Knowledge of Oracle/Fusion (desirable) (S)
Skills & abilities:
* Ability to prioritise work and meet tight timescales and adapt to regularly changing priorities. (S/I)
* Ability to work as a team and work unsupervised and under own initiative. (S/I)
* Good understanding of financial accounts preparation and accounting principles(S/I)
* Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external customers. (S/I)
* Strong attention to detail and accuracy (S/I)
* Able to establish effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders. (S/I)
* Able to resolve problems independently whilst knowing when to consult or take advice (S/I)
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