Senior Finance Specialist

UKRI; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

UKSBS is recruiting a Senior Finance Specialist for Swindon, Newport, or Stockton-on-Tees with hybrid options. The role supports the Finance Services team in processing financial transactions for government clients, acting as a General Ledger SME and leading client-focused activities.

You will drive process improvements, participate in major change programmes, and build strong relationships with SMEs and clients while ensuring accurate accounting and reporting across the organisation.

Qualifications

• A proven track record in a Finance based role.
• Educated to GCSE level, including Mathematics and English, or proven ability at this level.
• Excellent understanding of and experience working with double-sided accounting.
• High level of expertise in General Ledger accounting including all types of account reconciliation and complex accounting query resolution.
• Excellent knowledge of Finance process best practice and ability to represent Finance in major change programmes.
• Ability to explain complex accounting issues to non-finance stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel knowledge including working with complex formulas and macros.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for the General Ledger area, supporting teams with complex queries, advice and training and dealing with client escalations.
• Carry out root-cause analysis to explain accounting, reporting and system problems/anomalies.
• Review processes for continuous improvement and implement changes to bring efficiencies.
• Input into system changes and major programmes, providing technical knowledge and managing testing.
• Take a leading role in client-facing activities such as year-end negotiations, meetings and working groups.
• Build relationships with SMEs, leaders and accountants across UKSBS and client base, advising on accounting processes and impacts.
• Support Head of Department and Operations Managers with strategic planning, ad hoc projects, investigations and audits.

Skills

Advanced Excel

General Ledger

Analytical skills

Numeracy

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Education

GCSE Mathematics and English

Finance-related qualification

Tools

Oracle

Job description

• Billingham, County Durham, United Kingdom
• Newport, United Kingdom

Job Description

Senior Finance Specialist
Swindon, Newport, or Stockton-on-Tees – flexible and hybrid working options
Band E - £42,730

It’s an exciting time to join 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.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Finance Services team, as we aim to continue to deliver a high-quality service in the processing of financial transactions on behalf of our Government clients.

Key responsibilities will include, but not limited to the following:

Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the General Ledger area, supporting the teams with complex queries, advice and training and dealing with client escalations.

Carry out root-cause analysis to provide an understanding of accounting, reporting and system problems/anomalies.

Review processes in line with continuous improvement objectives; identify areas where change could bring about efficiencies and take forward proposed improvements to completion.

Input into system changes and major programmes, providing technical and process knowledge, identifying areas of concern and suggesting resolutions.Manage testing within the team and develop new processes to ensure that systems and change initiatives integrate smoothly into the teams.

Take a leading role in client-facing activities such as year-end negotiations, review meetings and working groups.

Build a good working relationship with SMEs, leaders and accountants across UKSBS and our client base, collaborating on issues and providing advice on accounting processes and impacts.

Support Head of Department and Operations Managers with strategic planning, ad hoc projects, investigations and audits.

To do this role well you will need:

A proven track record of working within a Finance based role, ideally with a finance related qualification/accreditation

Educated to GCSE level, including Mathematics and English, or proven ability to work at this level

Excellent understanding of and experience working with double-sided accounting.

High level of expertise in General Ledger accounting including all types of account reconciliation and complex accounting query resolution

Excellent knowledge of Finance process best practice and ability to represent Finance in major change programmes.

Ability to explain complex accounting issues to non-finance stakeholders.

Advanced Excel knowledge including working with complex formulas and macros.

• Excellent numeracy and analytical skills

Good organisational skills – the ability to multitask, prioritise and work to strict and tight deadlines.

Effective at problem solving and dealing with complex queries.

Ability to face challenges proactively and be comfortable and confident dealing with a diverse range of customers at all levels.

Knowledge and experience of Oracle would be preferred

• Excellent relationship management skills, including the ability to influence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn.

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 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.