Senior Finance Assistant (B2120N)
Homes England
Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 2nd October 2024
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Job summary
With an average annual budget of £3bn, there is a need to ensure that public monies allocated to Homes England are managed timely, accurately and in line with programme parameters. This role sits within the Transaction Services Team within Finance and will support the Transactions Services Senior Manager and Manager in the delivery of all finance transactional processing activities maintaining accuracy and integrity of financial ledgers.
Job description
Our activities play a key role in ensuring the delivery of Homes England's strategic objectives and keeps the frontline operations working effectively.
Key responsibilities will include:
- organisation and prioritisation of the daily responsibilities and workload of the team.
- review and validation of processes prior to completion, including journals, payment runs, bank reconciliations and supplier creations.
- performing reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances, including control accounts, CIS returns, Government Procurement Card expenditure and Property Insurance data.
- identifying improvements to established procedures and leading discussions to implement improvements.
- building effective working relationships with other departments to maintain the highest level of service to our customers.
Person specification
We are looking for someone who has:
- a high level of finance experience.
- excellent prioritisation skills, with the ability to balance immediate day-to-day challenges alongside ongoing deadlines.
- a flexible and adaptable attitude with the ability and willingness to work at pace.
- the ability to recognise potential issues and awareness of when they should be flagged to senior colleagues.
- a supportive attitude and willingness to contribute to creating a positive team spirit where colleagues feel valued and respected.
Benefits
Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:
Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
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To apply please follow the links to our careers page.
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Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Selection process details
For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.
Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.
Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.
Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter
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Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.
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Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Further information
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Job contact :
- Name : Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
