Job Description:

Job information Finance Specialist from the Company UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UKSBS), this latest Finance Specialist job vacancy is located in the city Hybrid work in Swindon located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Finance field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Finance Specialist

Finance Services - Operations

Swindon or Newport - hybrid working options

Band D: £32,751 per annum

UKSBS is a public sector shared service centre providing high quality HR, Payroll, Finance, Procurement and IT services and expertise to our partners. We are proud of the part we play in enabling our partners to achieve the best outcomes for the British people and the UK economy.

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.

Our people are the heart of our success. We are always looking for talented individuals to join our team and play a part in that success that's why we invest and grow our workforce. In return for your talent and contributions, we offer flexible and family friendly working arrangements, a generous benefits package, an inclusive working environment that values your contribution, and opportunities to develop your skills and career with us.

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.

The General Ledger team deal with account reconciliation and reporting for a variety of areas including Cash and Bank, Payroll, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, GRNI, Intercompany/Counterparty and Whole of Government Accounts

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Produce monthly balance sheet reconciliations for our larger clients, presenting and analysing data using complex formulas and macros to provide a comprehensive set of accounts.
• Provide guidance on complex queries to Finance Analysts or less experienced members of the team.
• Create ad hoc adjusting journals as required to make any necessary corrections and provide advice to clients on preparation of journals.
• Carry out Counterparty coding and produce quarterly Counterparty Agreement and Whole of Government Accounts
• Ensure that all reconciling items are identified, documented and cleared within SLA by proactively working with clients and relevant internal departments.
• Take ownership of query resolution, dealing with escalated queries and complaints where appropriate and responding to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Manage own workload, prioritising as necessary to ensure that SLAs and deadlines are met.

To do this role well you will need:

• Educated to GCSE level, including Mathematics and English, or proven ability to work at this level
• Advanced Excel knowledge including working with complex formulas and macros.
• Good organisational skills; ability to multitask, prioritise and work to strict and tight deadlines.
• Effective at problem solving and dealing with complex queries.
• Experience of double entry accounting and account reconciliation.
• Ability to face challenges proactively and be comfortable and confident dealing with a diverse range of customers at all levels.
• Ability to explain complex accounting issues to non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to take responsibility, guide less experienced members of the team and make independent decisions within limits of role.

To find out more about the skills, knowledge and behaviours we're looking for, read the detailed job description.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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.

Submitting an application

If you wish to apply for this vacancy, you must submit your application by Tuesday 25th March 2025.

You must submit a CV as part of the application process. Your CV should set out your career history including training and qualifications, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure that each entry of your career history also has a few sentences outlining a description and the key elements of that role.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of quality applications.

Working pattern

We work a mixture of full time hours across a 37 hour week.

Inclusion, accessibility, and adjustments

As an inclusive and Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Find out more about out equality, diversity and inclusion commitment and vision.

For additional information, to discuss reasonable adjustments, or if you'd like a confidential discussion please contact our recruitment specialists.

For more information on UK SBS, please visit www.uksbs.co.uk.

Keywords : Swindon jobs

Closed Date : 2025-04-12