Finance Officer - Temp to Perm
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Update day: 30-04-2024
Location: Oldham North West
Category: Finance / Bank / Stock
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Job type: Temporary contract
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 a year
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We are now recruiting for a Finance Officer to support the Head of Finance in providing a high-quality service to the organisation. The successful candidate must be able to manage workloads efficiently and be able liaise with third parties on tax, pension & banking purposes.
Main responsibilities include:
- Administer and reconcile monthly payroll runs and pension reports for local government pension and teach pensions.
- Responsible for ensuring the integrity of the Finance ledgers and accounting system
- Manage the main finance office and associated finance staff.
- Ensure the key everyday finance functions operate efficiently.
- Attend relevant cross-organisation meetings as finance representative and share information with team members on a regular basis.
- Manage and develop the organisations financial software system(s), liaising effectively with other senior finance staff and IT services regarding maintenance, back up and development of the financial accounting system.
- Assist in the year end audit process.
- Lead on all payroll matters and ensure the payroll function operates effectively including keeping up to date with current legislation.
- Ensure all payroll payments are made in a timely manner.
- Ensure timely payments are made to all external third parties that provide the organisation with goods or services.
- Oversee the Purchase ledger and Sales ledger functions to ensure areas operate in an efficient manner.
- Manage the organisation’s overall insurance arrangements including the annual renewal and lead on insurance administration.
- Ensure monthly balance sheet control accounts are balanced in a timely manner.
- Be responsible for daily banking spreadsheets and manage bank account balances.
Who would be the right fit?
Essential:
- Experience of administering Pensions & Payrollfor at least 3 years.
- High level of literacy and numeracy skills.
- Knowledge of local government and teacher’s pension schemes.
- Understanding of general key financial regulations and procedures.
- Experience in working with budget holders and non-financial managers.
- DBS check.
- Ability to work independently and arrive at decisions without high levels of management
Desirable:
- AAT qualified or working towards.
- CIPP qualified or working towards.
- Experience of working in Further Education Sector.
- Understanding of finance systems/finance within the education sector.
- Experience of bank reconciliations.
If this opportunity sounds of interest and you’re keen to learn more then please contact Jamal for immediate consideration on 0161 834 3479 or jamal@4recruiting.co.uk.
Deadline: 14-06-2024
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