Description
Job Title: Finance Coordinator (INSIDE IR35)
Rate: £ (INSIDE IR35)
Location: Crewe
Length: 6 Months
Key tasks
- Responsible for the management of Evidence Programme budget, identifying risks and opportunities and taking appropriate action if spending plans are not proceeding as expected, including the timely re-allocation of monies and the handback of monies to the Finance Team.
- Comply with the organisations Finance processes and deadlines
- Consolidate and submit all monthly returns to Finance team demonstrating compliance and good governance
- Responsible for collating evidence for the Directorate Financial Monitoring Return, working with Evidence project leads across the organisation to maintain good budget control and sharing expertise as required
- Coordinate the financial year end process for Evidence Services Team.
- Provide support to Evidence Services and Specialist Services Managers on pay and non-pay monthly financial management, including administering associated budget transfers.
- Ensure all approved projects are entered onto the Evidence Projects Database and that quarterly updates are provided by project leads to inform financial progress and to manage issues.
- Manage the Evidence Programme Mailbox, ensuring that requests are actioned within 5 working days.
- Support the Directorate's Cost Recovery lead with design and implementation of processes associated with income generation, ensuring our costs are recovered and staff are appropriately trained in our self service processes;
- Support Evidence Programme Senior Adviser with Evidence Programme annual bidding process;
- Contribute to the communication of our evidence to staff across the organisation, ensuring people know about our evidence, where to find it and how to use it, so that it can have the greatest impact for people.
Essential Skills
- Practical experience of relevant Finance and Procurement Processes is essential
- A demonstrable ability to learn new areas of expertise in order to fulfil the tasks relevant to the post.
- Ability to explain technical information to a range of audiences.
- Competent in the use of IT, notably spreadsheets, documentation software and finance systems, preferably Oracle.
- The successful candidate will be required to show flexibility in managing and adapting to other work should team priorities or resources change.