Job Title: Assistant Finance Manager
Location: London, UK
Job Type: Full-time contract, 3 months
Work Model: Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)
The role cover the following responsibilities:
- Developing a deep knowledge of diverse business areas, their needs and priorities and providing support and advice on financial matters.
- Providing analysis to support decision making and using benchmarking to highlight opportunities and add value.
- Assessing accounting implications and providing accounting advice in accordance with international financial reporting standards and central government accounting rules.
- Building financial and commercial awareness of non finance staff within the business, for example working with business units to ensure correct financial processes are understood and followed.
- Overseeing the month end reporting process to ensure accurate submission of journals and other adjustments to maintain accuracy of the general ledger and reporting of the monthly forecast.
- Producing ad hoc analysis to support business units through fiscal events and annual business planning rounds.
- Working with business units to ensure evidence is available to support the National Audit Office's interim and full year audits
Essential:
- Government experience ideally central government
- ERP system experience
- Good communication skills
- Numeracy skills
- Ability to work to key deadlines
- CCAB or equivalent qualified or part qualified
- A high level of competence in budget management, planning, forecasting and risk identification combined with excellent problem solving skills.
- Well developed communication, presentation and relationship management skills including an ability to engage effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Credibility with senior colleagues and stakeholders and the ability to influence decision making.
- Excellent technical accounting skills across a wide range of financial disciplines and a proven ability to apply them effectively.
Desirable:
- Strong Excel and data analysis skills combined with a clear understanding of how this should be applied for the benefit of the organisation.
- Some knowledge of how government finance works
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