Members Finance Clerk

4 weeks ago

Westminster, United Kingdom The House of Lords Full time

**Introduction**

The House of Lords Administration employs over 600 staff, providing the administrative and logístical support for the House of Lords to work as an effective second chamber of Parliament.

The Finance Department, under the Finance Director, has approx. 50 staff. It provides financial services to the House of Lords, including financial management and reporting, budget planning and control, procurement and commercial services (for both Houses and the Parliamentary Digital Service), payment services (including claims for financial support for Members) and staff payroll.

The House of Lords Finance Department has two vacancies for the role of Members Finance Clerk. The vacancies are in the Members’ Finance section which is within the Finance Department.

**The Role**

The main objective of this role is to deal with allowance and expense claims for Members of the House of Lords in accordance with the scheme of ‘Financial Support for Members’.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

- Ensuring that claims are reimbursed promptly and accurately under the terms of the Scheme and in a way which meets the legitimate expectations of Members.
- Checking, calculating and processing allowance and expense claims submitted by Members of the House of Lords and ensuring payments made to Members are accurate and processed correctly through the accounting system.
- Providing guidance and advice on Members’ allowance and expense enquiries in person, on the telephone and correspondence.
- Keeping up to date and maintaining a thorough knowledge of the scheme for Financial Support for Members.
- Assisting the efficiency of the department by performing other duties and projects appropriate to the role, in particular providing support as directed by the Members’ Finance Manager.

**Competencies and Essential Qualifications**
- **Technical skills** - Previous administrative experience and good IT skills, including knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office and computerised accounting systems.
- **Analytical skills and problem solving** - proven analytical and numerical skills; being comfortable with detailed number work, including manual calculations.
- **Communication skills** - Clear and accurate oral, written and online communications skills, including the ability to explain and clarify issues around Members’ Finance. This role requires a high level of telephone, written correspondence and personal contact with Members.
- **Accuracy** - the ability to work under pressure, maintaining a high level of accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.
- **Working flexibly** - being able to work effectively and flexibly as part of a small team within the Finance Department.

**Next Steps**

More information on the role and the full list of role responsibilities can be found on the job description.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £26,750.00-£29,325.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 26/02/2023

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