Finance Assistant

4 weeks ago

Chelmsford Essex, United Kingdom beBee S GB Full time

Finance Assistant

Fixed Term, Full Time

£23,344 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Closing Date: Tuesday 27th August 2024 at 11.59pm

Please note that this is a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment opportunity for a period of 12 months.

This position has been classed as an anywhere worker role but has an expectation that the successful candidate will attend the office, in Chelmsford, 2-3 day per month, with the remaining time allowing for remote working if desired.

The Opportunity

Purchase to Pay (P2P) and Income aims to provide a comprehensive financial transactional and support service, maximising new and innovative technology to provide excellent customer service using a multi skilled workforce.

The Finance Assistant supports the Purchase to Pay (P2P) and Income teams to deliver the business plan for financial transactions. With a working knowledge of Financial processes and systems across P2P and Income, ensuring data or income is input accurately, timely and within policy and legislation standards.

Experienced in working as a team member across a flexible and multi skilled workforce, delivering excellent customer service to a variety of Functions by maintaining financial transactions and data within local systems. Recognising and supporting changes in technology to streamline the customer experience.

Accountabilities

  • Contributes to the delivery of the business plan for financial transactions, in support of the wider organisational vision.
  • Responsible for processing and managing financial transactions, following defined business processes, inputting and interpreting data to ensure quality, consistency, accuracy, timeliness and high performance.
  • Responsible for delivering all activities to meet defined deadlines, proactively reporting any risks or issues for early resolution.
  • Provides support and guidance to internal and external customers in a professional manner, in line with Financial processes, ensuring that policy and legislation are met.
  • Carries out basic reporting for P2P and Income and external customers, which contributes to the management of organisational performance, maximises income and ensures compliance with Financial Regulations and ECC Policies.
  • Work flexibly and collaboratively across P2P and Income to deliver finance support.
  • Recommend process improvements and redesign to achieve best practice and organisational efficiency.
  • Contributes to maintaining currency on legislation changes and translating these into local policy and procedure, to identify and review potential changes in technology.

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential:

  • Educated to RQF Level 2 (GCSE) must include English and Mathematics, or equivalent by experience.
  • Some knowledge of P2P/Income systems and demonstrable accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchase to pay and e-invoicing experience would be desirable.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Level of good competency using Microsoft office packages including, Outlook, Word and Excel.

Desirable:

  • Aptitude and willingness to work flexibly in multi skilled Operational Teams.
  • Good attention to detail.
  • Ability to interpret varied information for supporting continuous improvements in service delivery.
  • Ability to work effectively within a team whilst remaining focussed and disciplined when working from home.
  • Ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external customers, suppliers and partners.

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