Finance Officer
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Aberdeen, is currently looking to recruit a Finance Officer until the end of December 2024 on a rate of £17.59/hour PAYE – working 37 hours per week, 09.00 – 17.00 Monday – Thursday (09.00 – 16.30 Friday). This is a hybrid working role with working on site when required.
Responsibilities:
– Support the Senior Finance Business Partner in the planning and control of the Directorate budget and assist with budget revisions, draft budget preparation and year end accounts exercise.
– Provide support to a number of branches within the Directorate, monitor budget activity and embed financial management within day-to-day work.
– Produce monthly finance monitoring reports and forecasts for the branches, flagging up potential issues to inform decision making by senior managers.
– Build and maintain productive working relationships with branch members of staff and wider Directorate colleagues.
– Manage the monthly accruals process to set timelines, review monthly expenditure for allocated branches, comparing data on the finance system and identifying accruals, prepayments and adjustments, producing journals as required.
– Monitor branch budgets including reviewing actual expenditure against forecasts and investigating reason for variances.
– Contribute to continuous quality improvement, value for money and promotion of best practice of finance activities to non-finance staff.
– Create requisitions for goods and services for branches on the purchasing system. Ensure receipt of good/services and validation of invoices for payment.
Essential Skills:
– Good communication and interpersonal skills with ability to work as part of a team and the confidence to build good working relationships with internal stakeholders.
– Proven experience and understanding of financial processes including Purchases to Pay, Budgeting, Financial Management and Resource Accounting.
– Ability to analyse and interpret financial information and present findings and financial advice to non-finance managers, use of Excel for constructing and interrogating spreadsheets for reporting purposes.
– Proven organisational and time management skills to be able to manage and prioritise workloads, including balancing the needs of the regular monthly and annual financial cycles with other requirements.
– Ideally have Discloser Scotland certificate.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
– Support the Senior Finance Business Partner in the planning and control of the Directorate budget and assist with budget revisions, draft budget preparation and year end accounts exercise.
– Provide support to a number of branches within the Directorate, monitor budget activity and embed financial management within day-to-day work.
– Produce monthly finance monitoring reports and forecasts for the branches, flagging up potential issues to inform decision making by senior managers.
– Build and maintain productive working relationships with branch members of staff and wider Directorate colleagues.
– Manage the monthly accruals process to set timelines, review monthly expenditure for allocated branches, comparing data on the finance system and identifying accruals, prepayments and adjustments, producing journals as required.
– Monitor branch budgets including reviewing actual expenditure against forecasts and investigating reason for variances.
– Contribute to continuous quality improvement, value for money and promotion of best practice of finance activities to non-finance staff.
– Create requisitions for goods and services for branches on the purchasing system. Ensure receipt of good/services and validation of invoices for payment.
Essential Skills:
– Good communication and interpersonal skills with ability to work as part of a team and the confidence to build good working relationships with internal stakeholders.
– Proven experience and understanding of financial processes including Purchases to Pay, Budgeting, Financial Management and Resource Accounting.
– Ability to analyse and interpret financial information and present findings and financial advice to non-finance managers, use of Excel for constructing and interrogating spreadsheets for reporting purposes.
– Proven organisational and time management skills to be able to manage and prioritise workloads, including balancing the needs of the regular monthly and annual financial cycles with other requirements.
– Ideally have Discloser Scotland certificate.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
