Interim Finance Officer

There is an immediate opportunity for an AAT qualified individual to join our client based on the outskirts of Sheffield on a fixed term contract till the end of March 2025. This is an interim position to provide cover for an internal secondment as the business has a number of high profile projects they are undertaking. The business offers flexible hybrid remote working.
The role sits within the financial accounting function, key responsibilities include:

* Carry out year-end duties in accordance with the year-end timetable, ensuring that District/Departmental staff are aware of their obligations.
* Complete all working papers relevant to role and assist with reviewing other schedules to ensure they are maintained in accordance with accounting standards and audit requirements.
* Carry out all monthly/quarterly/annual balance sheet reconciliations to ensure that assets, income and expenditure are all treated correctly within the accounts structure.
* Reconcile the acquisitions and disposals of all of the organisations assets, including properties, vehicles, all vehicle fleet stocks and items of equipment at regular intervals throughout the financial year.
* On an annual basis, liaise with districts/departments to verify all assets held by the organisation and update all asset transactions on the asset management system.
* Control and coordinate all allocated specialist functions, ensuring that costs are accurately coded, recorded and monitored, charges are calculated accurately, and income is collected promptly.
* Analyse and update both the staff costings, special costings and national framework agreement costings, gathering information from various sources to arrive at the costs.
* Assist with the completion of external government. Complete journals, analyse income and expenditure and calculate costs. This also includes Freedom of Information requests.
* Provide VAT advice and guidance to support the department and the organisation. Liaise with VAT advisors as appropriate. Complete the VAT return with support from the Accountant.
* Complete month end tasks including cancelling / closing orders, creating code combinations, run (GRNI) Uninvoiced Receipts Report and run Receipt Accruals - Period End Process. This also includes working with BI and using reports where appropriate.
* Support the testing of IT systems (UAT), subject to upgrade/implementation.
* Take personal responsibility for continuous improvement within own work area and support the Accountants in reviewing, writing and maintaining procedures and support team continuous improvement projects.
* Deal with ad hoc requests for financial data which will include investigation, analysis and costing exercises and Freedom of Information requests. Provide financial advice and information as appropriate.
* Maintain the Corporate Finance intranet page with direction from the Accountant.
* Assist with the completion of internal audit reviews and provide working papers where appropriate.
You will be required to demonstrate excellent communication skills as well as good IT knowledge.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore if we have not responded to your application within seven days please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

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