Description
Accountant
Location: Blackpool, Lancashire
Duration: 5 months (with possible extension)
Inside IR35
Role description
The post-holder will report to the Assistant Head of Pensions Finance and will be responsible for managing Pensions Finance key financial and accounting outputs in relation to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme, Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions Benefits, such as monthly in-year management accounts and management reports, year-end accounts, year-end submission, 5 year spending plan submission to the Office for Budget Responsibility submission, managing mid-year and year-end audits and overseeing payments in relation to the Armed Forces Bereavement Scholarship Scheme. The post-holder represent Pension Finance in a number of stakeholder user groups/workshops.
To oversee the production of the monthly management reports and the year-end accounts.
Production of spending plans and Supplementary Estimates for AFPS to OBR timetable and timetable.
Submission of forecast outturn and spending plans data into OSCAR for Spending team and PB&F for MOD.
Point of contact for all internal and external stakeholders
Completion of the Pensions Finance Information Asset return.
The post-holder will also be expected to undertake a review of key processes within the team and process map them, with a view to identify and implement process improvements. This may require improvements to a number of key spreadsheet tools used by the team and so it is essential that the post-holder has strong Excel/IT skills.