Finance Officer

DVSA.GOV; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK seeks a Finance Officer to deliver accurate financial services, gain experience in general accounting, and improve financial control processes. The role involves providing expert advice on ERP systems, developing reports, and maintaining relationships with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will possess strong Excel skills, experience with ERP systems, and a willingness to pursue an Accountancy qualification. This position offers benefits such as pension contributions and flexible working options.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Expert advice and guidance on ERP systems.
• Building relationships with stakeholders for quality service.
• Developing reports and reconciliations using Excel.
• Promoting continuous improvement in processes.
• Coordinating tasks effectively following DVSA policies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality financial services across the Financial Control Team.
• Support banking, receivables, payables, payroll, and VAT processes.
• Ensure accurate records and timely reconciliations.

Skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Interpersonal skills

Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle)

Experience with MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Teams

Education

Formal Accountancy qualification (AAT / ACCA)

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Finance Officer

Location: Nottingham, Swansea

Salary: £30,485 per annum

Job summary

Can you deliver accurate, customer-focused financial services while maintaining strong reconciliation and Excel reporting skills?

Have you supported financial control activities, including managing SAP/general ledger postings and ensuring compliance with organisational policies?

Do you seek opportunities to improve processes, contribute to continuous improvement, and provide flexible support across finance teams?

If so, we d love to hear from you!

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

We re working hard to:

• make roads safer
• improve services for our customers
• make road transport greener and healthier
• harness the potential of technology and data
• grow and level up the economy

Benefits

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Job description

The Finance Officer role offers the chance to play a key part in delivering high-quality financial services while developing professionally within DVSA. You ll provide flexible support across the Financial Control Team, gaining hands-on experience in general accounting and DVSA operations. The role covers a wide range of activities, including banking, accounts receivable and payable, payroll and VAT, helping ensure accurate records, timely reconciliations, strong financial controls and excellent service to internal and external customers.

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

1. Providing expert advice and guidance to DVSA customers and employees on the ERP systems, related applications and processes
2. Building and maintaining excellent working relationships with key stakeholders such as customers, shared services and DVSA managers in the delivery of a quality and consistent Financial Control service
3. Using tools such as excel and access databases, to develop a range of reports and reconciliations. These will be used by management, to support audits and to drive improvements
4. Support the development of a culture of continuous improvement and contribute to the implementation of best practice. Recommend opportunities for improvement in financial control processes including through simplification and automation.
5. Execute responsibilities effectively and in line with DVSA policies and processes, planning and coordinating tasks and activities and taking responsibility for ensuring objectives are delivered.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Person specification

Required experience:

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

1. Intermediate Excel skills and knowledge
2. Experience in the use of MS Word, MS Outlook, and MS Teams
3. Experience of ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle)
4. Advanced interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with key stakeholders
5. Dealing with stakeholders in multiple channels e.g. email, telephone etc
6. Experience of delivering outcomes within tight deadlines

Additional Information

Candidates must have a willingness to work towards formal Accountancy qualification eg AAT / ACCA whilst in post if not already held.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for DVSA, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.