Finance - Portfolio Office Support

MCS Group; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

MCS Group are partnering with a leading public sector organisation in Northern Ireland to recruit a Portfolio Office Support - Finance professional. The role involves managing finance, procurement, payroll support, and producing financial reports across ICT programmes and projects for health and social care.

You will analyse expenditure, support budget management, maintain financial systems and work with a range of stakeholders.

Qualifications

• A university degree or professional qualification with relevant payroll/finance experience.
• HNC/HND or higher qualification with 2+ years' payroll/finance experience.
• At least four years' payroll or finance experience in a programme or project context.
• Experience providing or supporting programmes and projects in a business environment.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day finance, resource, purchasing and procurement activities.
• Analyse financial data and prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports for key stakeholders.
• Reconcile and review financial reports and support accurate management accounts.
• Support year-end accruals and budgeting processes.
• Analyse expenditure and support asset registers, salary models and workforce planning.
• Maintain financial, purchasing, contract, salary and workforce systems.
• Support the recharging of services and provide financial information to relevant teams.
• Assist with monitoring and review of contracts and SLAs to ensure value for money.
• Support Portfolio Office processes, templates and standards.

Skills

Finance data analysis

Budget management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

University degree

HNC/HND

Tools

Payroll systems

Finance reporting tools

Job description

Portfolio Office Support - Finance

Are you an experienced finance or payroll professional looking for your next opportunity within the public sector? This is an excellent opportunity to apply your financial and analytical skills in a varied role supporting ICT programmes and projects across health and social care in Northern Ireland.

MCS Group are proud to be partnering with a leading public sector organisation in their search for a Portfolio Office Support - Finance professional. This position would suit someone who enjoys working with financial data, preparing reports, supporting budget management and collaborating with a range of stakeholders.

The Role

As Portfolio Office Support - Finance, you will play an important role in supporting the financial and resource management of ICT programmes and projects. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting day-to-day finance, resource, purchasing and procurement activities, ensuring payments and financial deadlines are met.

• Analysing financial data and preparing monthly, quarterly and annual reports for key stakeholders.

• Reconciling and reviewing financial reports, identifying discrepancies and making recommendations to support accurate management accounts.

• Supporting year-end accruals and helping budget managers maintain effective financial control.

• Analysing expenditure and providing information to support asset registers, salary models and workforce planning.

• Maintaining financial, purchasing, contract, salary and workforce systems, ensuring information is accurate and up to date.

• Supporting the recharging of services to customers and providing financial information to relevant teams.

• Assisting with the monitoring and review of contracts and service-level agreements, identifying potential savings and ensuring value for money.

• Supporting Portfolio Office processes, templates and standards to promote the effective delivery and oversight of programmes, projects and business-as-usual activities.

• Building positive working relationships with colleagues, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders.

The Person

To be considered for this opportunity, you must meet one of the following criteria:

• A university degree or relevant professional qualification, alongside at least one year's relevant experience in payroll or finance; OR

• An HNC/HND or equivalent or higher qualification, alongside at least two years' relevant experience in payroll or finance; OR

• At least four years' relevant experience in payroll or finance.

Relevant experience must involve providing or supporting programmes and projects in a business environment, such as a programme/project office, service delivery, communications, finance, quality management or risk management.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary: £31,049-£37,796 per annum, pro rata.

• Hybrid working: Flexibility to support a healthy work-life balance.

• Varied financial responsibilities: Develop your experience across financial reporting, budgeting, procurement, contracts and resource management.

• Professional development: Build your skills within a collaborative team focused on continuous improvement and effective service delivery.

MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in Northern Ireland to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation. If you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate your request.