Finance Specialist at UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UKSBS)

Finance Specialist – 12-month FTC

Operations – Finance Services

Swindon, Newport, or Billingham – flexible and remote working options

Band D: £30,283

UK SBS 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 UK SBS 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 will include the following:
Producing monthly balance sheet reconciliations for our larger clients, presenting and analysing data using complex formulas and macros to provide a comprehensive set of accounts.

Providing guidance on complex queries to Finance Analysts or less experienced members of the team.

Creating ad hoc adjusting journals as required to make any necessary corrections and provide advice to clients on preparation of journals.

Carrying out Counterparty coding and produce Whole of Government Accounts

Ensuring that all reconciling items are identified, documented and cleared within SLA by proactively working with clients and relevant internal departments.

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.

In return for your skills and experience, we can offer you flexible and remote working options for a 37hr week (full time) with start and finish times between 8am – 6pm, or part time hours to suit. Our team usually work from home and come into the office once or twice a week, but we are flexible on this too. If it helps, there is even flexibility on which office you base yourself from – Swindon, Newport, or Billingham.

More information on the role and our benefits can be found here.

For additional information and a confidential discussion please contact our Recruitment Team on [email protected].

We are an inclusive and Disability Confident employer and welcome all applications. To find out more, click here

Closing date for applications is midnight on 8th October 2023. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of quality applications.

Only online applications are accepted in the form of an up-to-date CV. If you are unable to apply online or do not wish to create an account but would still like to apply for a specific role, please contact our Recruitment Team at [email protected].

UK SBS does not hold a Home Office Sponsor Licence under the UK Immigration System, therefore candidates are required to have eligibility to live and work in the UK prior to applying.

We look forward to hearing from you.

We are UK SBS. 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.

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