Senior Financial Accountant

Salary: £45,272 per annum (dependent on skills and experience). Hours: Full time Contract Type: Open Ended. Location: Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire. Closing Date: 4th February 2025 Purpose of the role Working closely with the other Senior Financial Accountants, Financial Control Mangers and Financial controller, the role will be responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, completion of external audits and working closely with National Audit office (NAO), Government Internal Audit ( GIA) and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)colleagues. Key Areas of Accountability Leadership / teamwork / collaboration Effective and active contributor to the team, where appropriate makes proactive suggestions to improve ways of working and coordinates with other teams within UKRI. Build & maintain good working relationships with colleagues & partners and provide input where needed to assist in the resolution of queries, & to share findings. Deals effectively with challenging situations and consults at a higher level when necessary. Adaptable and flexible approach to work; able to effectively multi-task Delivery / programmes / projects / process Responsible for delivering allocated tasks and functions in support of the financial control team including: Production of monthly, interim, and yearend financial accounts for 2 UKRI entities including reporting onto DSIT accounts portal Working in partnership with the UKRI entities Finance Business Partners (FBP) to ensure accurate management and financial accounts. Support on the preparation of UKRI consolidated TB and detailed TB for interim and final accounts to support UKRI accounts consolidation. Review and implementation of UKRI harmonised accounts mapping. National Audit Office (NAO) liaison and provision of audit data sets Providing training and advice to colleagues producing Counterparty and Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) datasets Provide support to other senior reporting accountant in team with non-current asset work which includes but is not limited to: oFixed asset reporting for UKRI Councils on working day 3 oManaging the workflow of 2 colleagues who assist on Fixed Assets reconciliations and Asset Verification and Validation oAnnual indexation of UKRI fixed assets oAnnual asset validation and verification exercise across UKRI oLeases review and reporting We are implementing a cloud-based ERP system. This role will be integral to implementing continuous improvement across financial control. Other This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main duties and responsibilities only.The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role in conjunction with their line manager. The post holder may be asked to carry out any other delegated duty or task that is in line with the post. Essential skills, qualifications & experience (S) Assessed at shortlisting (I) Assessed at interview (S&I) Assessed at both shortlisting and interview Qualifications CCAB qualified (desirable) or qualified by experience. (S) Experience & knowledge: Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Excel, and Outlook. (S/I) Previous experience working in a finance environment and dealing with tight deadlines. (S/I) Experience of preparing financial accounts including notes to accounts from trial balance (S/I) Experience of external audits, providing audit data and liaison with auditors (S/I) Knowledge of Oracle/Fusion (desirable) (S) Skills & abilities: Ability to prioritise work and meet tight timescales and adapt to regularly changing priorities. (S/I) Ability to work as a team and work unsupervised and under own initiative. (S/I) Good understanding of financial accounts preparation and accounting principles(S/I) Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external customers. (S/I) Strong attention to detail and accuracy (S/I) Able to establish effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders. (S/I) Able to resolve problems independently whilst knowing when to consult or take advice (S/I) JBRP1_UKTJ