Finance Officer
Full TimeJob Overview
Role Purpose:
To assist the business and Financial Controller to reconcile transactions across the general ledger and sub-ledgers together with other key accounts. Preparing month end reports to support Financial Controller and Financial Analysts to ensure internal processes are followed.
To assist the business and Financial Controller to reconcile transactions across the general ledger and sub-ledgers together with other key accounts. Preparing month end reports to support Financial Controller and Financial Analysts to ensure internal processes are followed.
Key Responsibilities
Principal Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
Principally accountable to Financial Controller.
Duties may vary but will typically involve responsibility for:
- Provide actionable oversight of internal purchase orders, service orders and timesheets monthly
- Provide support and cover for Finance Officers
- Ensuring correct general ledger postings within the Dynamics 365 system
- Assisting Finance Business Partners / Financial Analysts with variance analysis
- Assisting Project & Asset Accountant with monthly costing reports
- Preparing and processing any journals as required
- Supporting the month end process
- To provide backup and support to Billing Officer with rechargeable invoices
- General ledger and project reconciliations where required
- Assisting with year-end process and ad-hoc support for Internal/External Auditors
- Keep all reconciliation procedural documentation up to date and valid
- Support the end-to-end review of processes by suggesting ideas for improvements that could benefit reconciliations
- To maintain security and confidentiality of all data held in the financial system and any other system required to record information
- Assisting with ad-hoc Finance projects
- Support will be given to undertake studies to attain an approved/professional financial accreditation, if desired
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Key skills and personal Attributes:
- A willingness to learn various finance aspects of a commercial business
- A good level of computer software skills, including Excel and Word
- High level of attention to detail and convey information clearly and concisely
- Ability to identify errors and work to deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Team player with the ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels
- A good understanding of double entry bookkeeping and reconciliations would be advantageous
- Preferable knowledge of Dynamics 365, Xero or similar accounting software
- Appropriate handling of sensitive information
- Part or fully AAT, CAT qualified, but not essential