Description
Finance Manager - Shared Services Connected Limited
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 + 15% Flexible Benefits
Location: Blackpool
Duration - 1 Year Fixed Term Contract (possible extension to 2 years due to Carer's Leave)
About the Company
Shared Services Connected Limited is a Joint Venture Organisation, set up on 1 November 2013, jointly owned by Steria (75%) and Cabinet Office (25%). This is a new and exciting organisation offering a wide range of financial services across a number of diverse clients, notably the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Cabinet Office, Department for Education, Health and Safety Executive and Office for Nuclear Regulation.
Within Shared Services Connected Limited, Record to Report is a key service line responsible for delivering accounting services to these clients, working across teams to deliver month end and year end accounts to high quality standards. Uniquely, we are a private sector organisation providing services to public sector clients with significant expertise in Government accounting.
Shared Services Connected Limited is part of the Steria Group; a world-leading technology and outsourcing business. We run a sophisticated mix of Back Office functions for many household names in sectors ranging from Retail to Financial Services along with Utility Companies and Public Sector Organisations. Through improving their clients' IT and business processes, enable them to do more of what they do best.
With over 19,000 employees in the Steria Group and plans for expansion, this is a great time to join the organisation as you will be pivotal to our continued development and growth plans. We're offering you the opportunity to do more too - using your business skills and knowledge, and your creativity, to add more value than clients would traditionally expect.
Role Overview
Shared Services Connected Limited have an exciting opportunity for a qualified/part qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CCAB) Finance Manager with at least 3 years experience in an accounting environment to join our busy Accounts Production Team within Record to Report. This is a business critical role and a great opportunity to strengthen your financial experience across public sector clients. The ideal candidate will have a proven background in client facing roles and working autonomously. The successful candidate will need to be able to work effectively as part of the team as well as having the flexibility to work across teams as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce the monthly and annual financial accounts for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), ensuring consistency with prevailing accounting standards, to timescales outlined in service level agreements (SLA's).
- Maintain the Financial Statement Generated reports for these Accounts to ensure they are fit for purpose and reflect organisational changes.
- Aid in the management of the de-merger of HSE and ONR and specifically the Oracle implementation of ONR.
- Complete the Consolidated Reporting Pack to timescale to inform the DWP Resource Account.
- Take a leading role in managing clients and ensuring the SLA is met at all times.
- Provide a range of other accounting services to these clients including, preparing notes to the accounts eg staff costs note and commitments note, and managing the collection of evidence to support sample testing of transactions by the National Audit Office.
- Prepare a number of general ledger reconciliations on behalf of the client to ensure reliability of its balance sheet figures.
- Take the lead in resolving customer queries.
- Ensure the effective management of risk for own area of responsibility in a manner consistent with Shared Services' Frameworks
Essential Skills
- Qualified or part qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CCAB) with at least 3 years experience in an accounting environment.
- Strong IT skills (including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
- Strong communication (written and verbal) skills,
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills and works well under pressure.
- Team player and ability to work flexibly across a number of teams.
- Able to engage effectively with clients to promote the organisation.
- Experience of the delivery of excellent customer service to a range of customers.
Desirable Skills
- Experience of central Government accounting
- Up to date operational knowledge of an Oracle ERP Accounting system
The successful candidates will be required to obtain UK Security Clearance to SC level
On offer is the opportunity to work as part of a UK top 10 IT Consultancy and Service provider. The role comes with a competitive salary, the opportunity for further development and the potential for a wide and diverse career within the Steria Group.
Shared Services Connected Limited is committed to establishing and maintaining a working environment which is free from discrimination and which values all employees as individuals. All employees and prospective employees are selected, recruited, trained and promoted solely on the basis of their skills and behaviour.