Finance Officer

3 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Building Digital UK (BDUK) Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 267317**Salary**:

- £24,779 - £25,430**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Band C**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term
- Loan**Length of employment**:

- 2 years**Business area**:

- DCMS - BDUK**Type of role**:

- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Belfast, Darlington, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a finance team that supports the government’s national full fibre rollout ambitions, with BDUK intervening in the least commercially viable areas of the country.

The Financial Team works closely with the BDUK delivery teams as well as the wider DCMS Finance and Commercial teams to ensure that all financial transactions are captured on a timely basis, enabling accurate operational reporting and forecasting as well as ensuring that the department meets its prompt payment targets.

The Finance Officer will play a key part in ensuring that finance knowledge and capability is built up across BDUK. The post holder will be given the opportunity to progress their financial career, gaining a unique range of career development skills whilst supporting the delivery of one of government’s most high profile programmes.

**Job description**:
**Grants management**
- Supporting the grant administration process, including processing grant claims and returns, repayments and reclaiming any overpayments on a timely basis.
- Maintenance of the grant allocations process, ensuring all grants follow a robust audit trail and are paid on time.
- Ensuring that all grants are input on Cabinet Office Government Grant Information System (GGIS) and other databases as required.
- Providing advice and training for non-financial stakeholders on grant administration to prevent delays and errors.

**Robust Financial Management**
- Reconciliation of financial data across various sources, correcting errors where necessary and working closely with non finance colleagues to prevent further errors.
- Supporting the facilitation of month end financial reporting, preparing and processing journals where required.
- Support the Financial Transactions Team on Procurement Administration Support to BDUK Commercial in respect of new Contracts and Single Action Tenders.
- Ensuring accurate and timely cost capture by raising Purchase Orders in order to meet Departmental Prompt Payment timescales.
- Primary responsibility for all queries and communications with central finance and commercial for requisitioning and receipting.
- Supporting with the production of monthly cash flow forecasts to DCMS finance.
- Providing financial advice and training, championing best practice to build up finance knowledge and capability across BDUK.

**Other Duties**

The post holder will be required to work in a flexible way and undertake any other duties reasonably requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post. This will include undertaking ad hoc work on projects and activities that support the wider work of the delivery programmes, such as providing a secretariat function.

**Person specification**:
**Essential**
- Good numeracy, analytical and problem solving skills.
- Good organisational ability and administrative skills.
- A collaborative approach to working with others and strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to relay financial information to non-financial managers.
- Demonstrate determination, resilience and ability to work well under pressure and at pace to meet tight challenging deadlines.

**Desirable**
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel.
- Previous knowledge of grant management.
- Experience of operating in a fast-paced delivery environment.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.Please submit your CV and supporting statement (maximum 750 words) by **23:55** on** 23 February 2023** **via the CS Jobs portal.

Your** **CV** **should set out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements.

**Interview**

The interview will be a blended assessment consisting of a series of questions against the Civil Service Success Profiles Behaviours and Strengths.

Interviews may also include a presentation exercise

The following behaviours will be tested at interview:
Delivering at Pace - Working Toget

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