You will support all the Accountants in the production of the published annual accounts and financial management reporting. You would be responsible for production of the Monthly Management Accounts and completing Month End Processes, processing prepayments, journals and accruals, consistently meeting associated KPIs and ensuring financial controls are robustly and consistently applied. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for managing the financial accounting mailbox, ensuring issues are adequately resolved in a timely manner, or referring within the team as necessary to meet customer needs.
To be considered, you must have:
* Excellent Excel ability
* Experience of Oracle financials or similar
* Understanding of financial accounts and associated journals and reconciliations
Ideally you will be local to the York area with enthusiasiasm to learn and develop in the role, it would be advantage to have public sector experience.
Duties and responsibilities would include:
Processing of journals to monthly KPIs and ensuring the integrity of the accounts by maintaining compliance with accounting policies.Production of prepayment schedules and GL postings.Production of central accruals and reallocations.Production of balance sheet reconciliations to KPIs.Identification of all issues within the balance sheet, resolving or escalating to ensure resolution in a timely manner.Preparation of the VAT return to HMRC quarterly deadlines.Management of the financial accounting mailbox, distributing queries as appropriate within the team and ensuring customer needs are fulfilled in resolution.Supporting the Financial Accountant in preparation and submission of the VAT return to HMRC quarterly deadlines.Supporting the Financial Accountant in preparation and submission of Devolved funding requests.Supporting the Accountants in preparation of year end accounts, providing data manipulation and transactional analysis for WGA, Fixed Asset management and NAO reporting requirements.Collation of year end evidence and audit files.Provide accurate and relevant financial data for a range of management accounting and business requirementsProvide proactive financial advice to business partners and managers, promoting improved financial capability.Contribute to the change process within Finance, Corporate Services and the wider agency initiatives to promote effective financial management.Implement, maintain and develop systems for providing improved management information, which will in turn improve planning and decision making.Issue accounting advice especially in relation to month end processes e. GL coding, accruals and prepayments.Maintenance and issue of month end guidance e. timetables, journal naming convention.Observe the Agency's Equal Opportunities Policies and Procedures with regard to all aspects of work.Maintain confidentiality of the Agency's internal communications, records and commercially sensitive information and have a working knowledge of information security, Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts.Observe and adhere to the Agency's Health & Safety Policies and Procedures with regards to all aspects of work.
Sound like you? Then please contact us today on 01904 628741 for more information or apply now!
