Finance Officer
5 days ago
**Finance Officer - Inside IR35**
**Contract Term**:12 Months**
**Contracting Authority: BEIS**
**Location: Swindon/Hybrid working**
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The UK Space Agency’s finance team has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Officer to join us as we expand the team to meet the requirements of a growing Agency and UK Space industry.
**Background: The UK Space Agency**
Space is an extraordinary and exciting sector that impacts virtually all aspects of our lives. It is a high growth, high productivity sector where targeted government investment stimulates innovation, generates further industrial investment, and creates highly skilled jobs. And it is a sector experiencing disruptive change; with new technologies, business models and market entrants challenging the status quo. The UKSA team must be flexible, dynamic, and able to respond rapidly to ensure Government policy and regulation keep abreast of these changes.
**Key Responsibilities**:
The post holder will work collaboratively to provide financial challenge and support across the Agency and may be asked to undertake other duties in addition to those listed below.
Reporting to the SEO Financial Accountant, this role will be responsible for the following duties:
- Management of the Purchase Order inbox and the Purchase Order requisitions process for the Agency across all directorates and budgets, supported by an EO Finance Assistant.
Responsible for undertaking assurance and compliance testing of internal controls with a strong link to the continuous development of the agency’s assurance map.
- Responsible for overseeing that Goods Received Not Invoiced, No PO no pay and Invoices on hold monthly processes are actioned, supported by the EO Finance Assistant.
- Responsible for leading on the Agency’s Counterparty and Intercompany Recharges processes.
- Leading on the collation and initial analysis of the Agency’s Gifts and Hospitality register.
- Responsible for managing CTM travel data, and providing T&S policy related advice
- Point of contact for the NAO with responsibility for the Audit evidence pack.
- Responsible for monthly housekeeping journals.
- Line Management responsibility for an EO Finance Assistant who will be supporting the Financial Accounts function.
**Knowledge and Skills**:
**Essential**:
- Highly numerate individual with strong analytical skills
- Good knowledge of Excel
- Excellent written skills and an ability to explain complex financial information to non-finance audience
- Ability to communicate across all levels
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills to influence senior management as well as senior programme leads or technical experts
- Significant experience of working in a finance team.
- Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure with competing demands to tight deadlines
- Ability to work proactively to anticipate issues and develop options/solutions in order to prevent escalation
- Proven interpersonal skills with an ability to work within own team as well as with colleagues in other parts of the organisation
- Willingness to learn and provide support within the wider finance team
**Desirable**:
- CCAB qualified / part qualified or can demonstrate qualification by experience
- Advanced knowledge of Excel and accounting systems
- Demonstrable experience of using management information to support and improve overall operational delivery
- Experience/knowledge of Oracle financial system, Purchasing Module and General Ledger Module
- Experience of working within a central government department and/or a Shared Service Centre environment
- Experience of having had line management responsibilities- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._
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