Finance Clerk

VolkerWessels UK; Hoddesdon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive annual leave

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Training and development

Flexible working opportunities

Employee Assistance programme

Job summary

VolkerWessels UK is seeking a Finance Clerk (Expenses & Purchase Card) to support the Finance Shared Services team in error-free expense claims and card processing. The role focuses on accuracy, policy adherence, and timely processing in a collaborative environment.

You will handle claims, assist with reporting, and help drive process improvements while delivering strong internal customer service across the group.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Hold GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Can manage their own workload and meet deadlines.
• Enjoy problem-solving and improving processes.
• Thrive in a team environment while working independently when required.
• Experience using Microsoft 365, particularly Excel.
• Knowledge of expense processing, finance administration, purchase cards, or VAT/HMRC requirements would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Processing employee expense claims accurately and within agreed deadlines.
• Administering purchase card applications in line with finance controls and procedures.
• Supporting business units with reporting, analytics, and query resolution for purchase card and expenses.
• Review and monitor purchase card transactions to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Ensuring expenses processes remain compliant with HMRC requirements and company policies.
• Investigating and resolving system or processing issues.
• Delivering a high standard of customer service to internal and external stakeholders.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and process enhancements.
• Supporting the wider team with ad hoc finance administration activities.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Organisation

Time management

Problem solving

Team player

Independent worker

MS 365

Education

GCSEs in Maths and English

Tools

Microsoft 365

Excel

Job description

VolkerWessels UK is a market leading contracting group of five closely linked businesses.

We provide integrated and ground-breaking solutions for the civil engineering and construction sectors, with specialisms in rail, highways, airports, marine, defence, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

We are looking for an organised and customer-focused Finance Clerk (Expenses & Purchase Card) to join our finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong administrative skills, attention to detail, and a passion for delivering excellent service within a collaborative environment.

About our role

As a key member of our Finance Shared Services team, you'll play an important role in supporting employees across the Group by ensuring expense claims and purchase card processes are administered accurately, efficiently, and in line with company policies.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Processing employee expense claims accurately and within agreed deadlines.
• Administering purchase card applications in line with finance controls and procedures.
• Supporting business units with reporting, analytics, and query resolution for purchase card and expenses
• Review and monitor purchase card transactions to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Ensuring expenses processes remain compliant with HMRC requirements and company policies.
• Investigating and resolving system or processing issues.
• Delivering a high standard of customer service to internal and external stakeholders
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and process enhancements.
• Supporting the wider team with ad hoc finance administration activities.

About you

• Demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Hold GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
• Are highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Can manage their own workload and meet deadlines.
• Enjoy problem-solving and improving processes.
• Thrive in a team environment while working independently when required.
• Have experience using Microsoft 365, particularly Excel.
• Knowledge of expense processing, finance administration, purchase cards, or VAT/HMRC requirements would be advantageous.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerWessels UK operate through five separate, but complementary businesses, working in collaboration and using our specialist skills to deliver an integrated service for our clients. At any one time, our people are working on our sites or in our offices, for around 250 projects across the UK. Everyday we overcome challenges, fulfilling our commitments, no matter what. That's what our business is about, that's how our people find satisfaction in their jobs.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.