Financial Support Officer

**Overall Purpose of Job**

Financial support

To maintain the financial health of the service by:

- The provision of high-quality financial advice to managers including financial research and investigations.

To effectively deliver financial support services by:

- To provide a range of control, and financial admin tasks delivering financial support to the service.
- Delivering an excellent support service to the FleetCare management team in the areas of procurement, payments, accounting and financial management.
- Assisting with the preparation of capital and revenue budgets, and budget monitoring.

**Key Tasks and Accountabilities**:
Key tasks and accountabilities are intended to be a guide to the range and level of work expected of the post holder. This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that may fall to the post holder and employees will be expected to carry out such other reasonableduties which may be required from time to time.

To undertake all responsibilities listed below:
Financial management

- To provide financial advice and support to FleetCare management team. To advise colleagues within the service on financial control and financial management.
- To liaise with colleagues in relevant services to ensure the provision of all necessary information, required for accounting and audit purposes, and in connection with asset registers.
- To advise the FleetCare management team on requirements and procedures for budget monitoring, end of year process, audits and financial management.
- To maintain budgetary control procedures, so ensuring best use of resources and avoiding improper or inefficient practices;
- To advise the FleetCare management team of any matter that undermines the integrity of the Service budget including weaknesses in financial controls within the Service.
**EXPERIENCE**:
Experience of using financial and budgetary information

Experience of using Microsoft office packages

Experience of organising meetings including agenda management and taking action notes.