Finance Officer

Details
Reference number

435326

Salary

£37,305

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

CFOO - FCD

Type of role

Finance

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

Westminster, London

About the job
Job summary

UKEF's Financial Control Division (FCD) sits within the Chief Financial & Operating Officer's (CFOO). FCD is a friendly, dynamic, and fast-paced team working at the heart of UK Export Finance. We are responsible for ensuring that effective financial control processes are in place. We coordinate the Department's estimates, budgets and forecasting processes. We produce accurate and reliable monthly management accounts, annual accounts, and other published financial information. We manage the UKEF bank accounts, purchase ledger, fixed asset registers and the general ledger (CODA). We advise on accounting treatments, own the UKEF accounting policies and are working with others across the organisation and beyond to implement large-scale changes in our accounting policy, systems, and processes in order to operationalise IFRS 9 and IFRS 17 for reporting.

It's an exciting time to join us as we are in a unique period of transition as we prepare to implement IFRS 9 and IFRS 17 accounting standards that will affect how we account for nearly all our front-line business. This will also involve implementing new systems, including a new general ledger and new processes. The successful applicant will be supporting the Financial Control Division during this busy period of change.

Job description

The role of the Finance Officer sits within the Banking Operations team within FCD.

The Finance Officer will assist the Banking Operations Assistant Manager and Finance Manager to ensure that all cash transactions are booked and processed accurately and completely in the cashbook/General Ledger in the most efficient manner; within agreed time frames and that queries are resolved in a timely manner.

The focus of this role will be to set up faster payments for prompt payment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) invoices. The Finance Officer is also responsible for raising all payments including those to suppliers for departmental expenses and payments for claims accurately, in a timely manner and in accordance with UKEF payment policy.

They will enable other divisions to match receipts to the debtor on the admin systems, by providing timely and detailed information to those divisions. They will also ensure that the cashbooks are reconciled to the bank statements and the timing differences, including unmatched receipts, are aged/analysed, kept to a minimum and reported to management.

They will also report daily bank balances to management, analysing cash positions by currency to ensure sufficient currency is held for day-to-day needs, or trade for currency as required.

Main Activities

Below are the main activities the post holder will be responsible for. This list is not exhaustive; you may be required to carry out additional duties according to business need.

• To process all payments accurately and in a timely manner, ensuring that SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) payments are completed within five days of receipt of invoice via Faster Payments, BACS, CHAPS or Automated Transfers, in accordance with the UKEF charter.
• Input all receipts into both Receipt Management Database (RMD) and CODA. Provide documents numbers (ACBSRECT) for all accepted receipts in a timely manner.
• Upload bank statements to CODA for bank reconciliations.
• Reconcile the bank accounts and control accounts, post any adjustment journals into CODA and other required month-end activities. Analyse the bank timing differences and unmatched receipts.
• Raise miscellaneous sales invoices and match off transactions on CODA when the invoices have been settled.
• To provide cover in the absence of fellow Finance Officer.
• Assist the Purchase Ledger team with invoice processing when required.
• Maintain effective working relationship with colleagues, other government departments and external financial institutions.

This list is not exhaustive; the job holder may be required to carry out additional duties according to business need.

Person specification

UK Export Finance is looking for motivated individuals with a desire to learn about the business. Successful candidates will be provided not only with functional training to enable them to do well in their role, but also with personal development to help them to achieve their career ambitions. Please note that the person specification below outlines at which stage(s) you will be assessed on how you meet the criteria for the role(s) including:-

A= assessed at application stage I = assessed at interview stage T= assessed by test stage

Essential
Qualifications

• 5 GCSE passes (including Maths and English) at Grade 4 (C) or above; or equivalent or relevant demonstrable experience. (A)

Knowledge

• Solid understanding of cash management, bank reconciliation, and banking operations. (A, I)
• Familiarity with cash controls and financial processing systems. (A, I)

Skills/Ability

• Excellent numeracy, analytical thinking, and attention to detail. (A, I, T)
• Clear and confident communicator, both written and verbal. (A, I)
• Skilled in Microsoft Word and Excel (including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables). (A)
• Demonstrates a flexible and proactive approach to teamwork, readily supporting colleagues, adapting to changing priorities, and contributing positively to a collaborative working environment. (A, I)

Experience

• Experience of using large financial and cash management packages. (A)

Qualifications

5 GCSE passes (including Maths and English) at Grade 4 (C) or above; or equivalent or relevant demonstrable experience. (A)

Behaviours

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• This will be technical questions which will be assessed against the following essential criteria; a. Skilled in Microsoft Word and Excel (including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables). (A)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,305, UK Export Finance contributes £10,807 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 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 employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know
Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.

We are assessing candidates using Success Profiles (see Appendix 1) and across the whole process we will assess your Experience, Ability, Technical and Behaviours as highlighted below.

The application must be completed by 23.55 on the day of the closing date for it to be accepted.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

All applications will be sifted against our essential criteria outlined in the personal specification. In addition to this, applicants will also be asked to complete an on-line ability test, this must also be completed prior to the deadline for your application.

• Qualification
• 5 GCSE passes (including Maths and English) at Grade 4 (C) or above; or equivalent or relevant demonstrable experience. (A)
• On-line ability test
• Civil Service Numerical Test
• Behaviour statement - 250-word statement
• Making Effective Decisions
• Statement of suitability - you should fully articulate in 500 words how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification within the Information Pack.

For the initial sift your application will be evaluated against:

• Experience - Application and Statement of Suitability
• Ability
• Civil Service Numerical Test (closing Friday 7 November 2025 @ 23:55pm)
• Behaviours - 250-word statement
• Making Effective Decisions

In the event of a high volume of applications, there will be a pre-sift on the following:

• Essential Criteria's
• 5 GCSE passes (including Maths and English) at Grade 4 (C) or above; or equivalent or relevant demonstrable experience. (A)
• Clear and confident communicator, both written and verbal. (A, I)
• Experience of using large financial and cash management packages. (A)
• Behaviour
• Making Effective Decisions

If you are successful following the sift stage, you will be invited to an initial interview; this will include the following assessment:

• Behaviours - a formal panel interview where you will be interviewed across all three behaviours
• Behaviour - Delivering at Pace
• Behaviour - Changing and Improving
• Behaviour - Working Together
• Technical - This will be technical questions which will be assessed against the following essential criteria;
• Skilled in Microsoft Word and Excel (including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables). (A)

Details of interview panel members will be e-mailed to all successful candidates who are invited for interview.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Further information

Should you have a complaint or wish to raise any concerns regarding the recruitment process, please e-mail your complaint to the Head of Pay and Resourcing (UKEF) at and include "Complaint" in the subject heading. Should you remain dissatisfied following UKEF's investigation then you can refer your complaint to the Commission -

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