Finance Operations Specialist

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI); Swindon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

UKSBS is seeking a Finance Specialist to join the Finance Service Delivery team in Swindon, Newport, or Stockton. The role covers a range of transactions, reconciling accounts, processing journals, and delivering high-quality financial services to clients.

The role focuses on maintaining reconciliations, analysing data, supporting reporting, and ensuring governance and controls across finance processes. Security clearance may be required for some applicants.

Qualifications

• Understanding of financial processes and accounting principles (double entry, reconciliations).
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with ability to interpret financial data.
• Proficiency in Excel or equivalent tools, including formulas and data manipulation.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain financial reconciliations, including balance sheet accounts.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies and clear within agreed timelines.
• Prepare and process financial journals with accurate adjustments.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical thinking

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Deadline-driven

Tools

Excel

Job description

Finance Specialist - Finance Service Delivery
Swindon, Newport, or Stockton
Band C: Salary - £27,756

It's an exciting time to be part of UKSBS as we transform our business to be the leading UK public sector business service provider. We aim to become a very different organisation over the next few years as we move to a modern multi-platform, digitally enabled organisation.

Due to continued growth, we are now seeking experienced Finance Specialists to join our Finance Service Delivery team.

The teams across Finance Service Delivery process a range of financial transactions and ensure procedures and processes are followed to deliver a high-quality service to our clients.

You will be working as part of a high performing team managing high volumes on a daily basis, this could be in one of a variety of Finance roles, like Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payments Team or general ledger Team, to support the delivery of key transaction services to our clients.

Duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Produce and maintain financial reconciliations, including balance sheet accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies, identifying reconciling items and taking appropriate action to clear within agreed timelines
• Prepare and process financial journals, ensuring adjustments are accurate, supported and compliant with accounting standards
• Analyse financial data, identifying trends, variances and issues to support reporting and decision-making
• Support production of financial reports, including period-end outputs and statutory reporting requirements
• Manage and resolve queries, acting as a point of contact for finance-related questions from stakeholders and clients
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and clients to ensure timely resolution of issues and alignment of financial data
• Apply financial controls and governance requirements, ensuring compliance with policies, audit requirements and regulatory standards
• Support audit and assurance activity, providing information, explanations and documentation as required
• Manage own workload, prioritising tasks to meet deadlines, SLAs and reporting cycles
• Contribute to continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to improve processes, controls and efficiency
• Maintain accurate documentation, including desk notes and process guidance

To be considered for the role, you will need the following:

• Understanding of financial processes and accounting principles (e.g. double entry, reconciliations)
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with ability to interpret and present financial data
• Proficiency in Excel or equivalent tools, including formulas and data manipulation
• Ability to investigate and resolve financial discrepancies using structured analysis
• Good attention to detail and ability to maintain high accuracy
• Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines in a performance-driven environment
• First class written and oral communication skills

Successful candidates may be required to undergo Security Clearance (National Security Vetting) as part of their employment. To meet these standards, applicants must normally have lived in the UK for at least the last five years and be able to satisfy background, identity and criminal record checks.

We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.

We look forward to hearing from you.