Finance Accounting Eo

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

- 234413**Salary**:

- £26,350- £2000 pa (pro rata) recruitment and retention allowance, payable to staff located at RAF High Wycombe**Grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Air - HQ Air Command, Director Resources (DRes), Air Finance, Finance Operations**Type of role**:

- Accountancy
- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Walter's Ash, South East England, HP14 4UEAbout the job

**Summary**:
Air Command’s Finance Function is based at RAF High Wycombe, headquarters for the Royal Air Force. This is a recruitment campaign for an Executive Officer (EO) role within the Financial Accounting Team. This is an excellent opportunity to build upon financial, communicating and influencing and leadership skills whilst working as part of a team. We are looking for a proactive individual to produce timely and robust financial information and inform recommendations to senior management. Job holders will be required to liaise with several stakeholders including wider finance colleagues, RAF Stations and Senior managers, therefore proven communication skills are essential.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

This is a civilian role within a military environment; you will develop a great understanding of the RAF and the Ministry of Defence and, with excellent training and development available, the wider Civil Service could be open to you for your future career.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The Finance Operations team is responsible for the foundation activities that underpin the Function’s support to, and engagement with, the business. It owns all report production, initial analysis and guards one version of the truth upon which insightful business decisions can be made.

Within Finance Operations, we have a specialist Financial Accounting Team responsible for producing monthly forecasting services to Air Command. This includes creating accruals and prepayments in order to support the financial position of the wider group each month. The role is a focal point for the Finance Business Partners (FBP’s) within Air Command and forming relationships with key stakeholders. You will closely liaise with a number of RAF stations to ensure correct financial information is submitted in a timely manner to support the monthly forecasts. The team comprises 2 x SEO, 2 x HEO and 2 x EO.

**Responsibilities**:
Your activities will fall into these main areas:

- Compile the Losses and Special Payments during AP06, A09 and AP12.
- Review of system accruals and invoices on hold.
- Provide support with tasks such as GL010 Journals.
- VAT accounting - contribute towards compliance checks and corrections
- Account for the consumption and inventory of Aviation Fuel monthly.
- Ensure integrity of General Ledger - reconciliations and correction of misbookings.
- Contribute towards the production of the MOD’s Annual Report and Accounts.
- Provide other ad-hoc financial support including cross-cover for the other Financial Accounting EO.

Longer-term workplace management policies following the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions are still in development, but it is likely that the post holder will be expected to work 40%-60% in office at RAF High Wycombe. Where feasible, team members are permitted some flexibility for working from home, but without the right to do so. The post may require occasional travel to meetings and potentially overtime at busy times in the monthly/annual cycle, for which flexi time is available.

The post is open for all working patterns but please note that part time or job share may potentially only be considered if full time cover can be achieved.

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

- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:
Benefits include, but are not limited to:

- Flexible working
- Training and personal development opportunities
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- 25 days paid annual leave rising to 30 days on completion of 5 years’ service
- In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The Queen’s birthday
- Highly competitive civil service pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Subsidised membership to a fitness suite and lunchtime/evening Military led fitness classes
- Café and shop on site

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