Interim Finance Officer
Posted 1 week ago by 1748878815
£35,526 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Sheffield
Summary: The Interim Finance Officer role at South Yorkshire Police offers an excellent opportunity for individuals seeking financial accounts exposure. This position is a 6-month interim contract based in Carbrook, Sheffield, with a hybrid working arrangement. The role involves various financial responsibilities, including year-end duties and balance sheet reconciliations, contributing to the finance department's strategic goals. Candidates will be part of a team dedicated to supporting the financial operations of a significant public service organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out year end duties in accordance with the year-end timetable.
- Carry out all monthly, quarterly, annual balance sheet reconciliations.
- Reconcile the acquisitions and disposals of force assets.
- Control and coordinate all allocated specialist functions, ensuring all costs are accurately coded, recorded and monitored.
- Analyse and update both the staff costings, special costings and national framework agreement costings.
- Assist with the completion of external government returns.
- Complete month end tasks including working with BI and using reports.
- Dealing with ad hoc requests for financial data.
Key Skills:
- Experience in financial accounting and reporting.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.
- Proficiency in using financial software and BI tools.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Resilience and adaptability to change.
Salary (Rate): £35,526 yearly
City: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
- Excellent opportunity for someone looking to gain financial accounts exposure
- 6 month interim contract, based in Carbrook Sheffield, with 50/50 hybrid working
About Our Client
Working for South Yorkshire Police doesn't have to mean patrolling the streets; our police staff work side by side with uniformed officers. A strong team of professional support staff work behind the scenes in many different areas of our organisation, including in finance. We need skilled people, like you, to join our police family to keep our South Yorkshire communities safe. We have an annual budget in excess of £300 million and employ over 3,000 police officers and 2,200 support staff. South Yorkshire Police are committed to attracting, selecting, hiring, retaining and developing a diverse and professional workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve, enabling us to meet and exceed our corporate finance goals and objectives
Like most organisations, South Yorkshire Police is transforming the way we deliver our services and run the organisation to meet ever more demanding challenges. We have a Medium-Term Resource Strategy underpinned by a draft recovery plan to help achieve our mission. The Finance department is very much at the centre of delivering this strategy working collaboratively with all senior leaders across the organisation and our external partners. Therefore, as part of this we are looking for talented individuals who are experienced finance professionals, resilient and driven to achieve change.
For more on working with South Yorkshire Police, visit their microsite for an overview of the finance department, insights into their important work across the force, a message from the Chief Constable, and team testimonials, including from Head of Corporate Finance.
https://www.michaelpage.co.uk/clientprofile/south-yorkshire-police
Job Description
- Carry out year end duties in accordance with the year-end timetable.
- Carry out all monthly, quarterly, annual balance sheet reconciliations.
- Reconcile the acquisitions and disposals of force assets.
- Control and coordinate all allocated specialist functions, ensuring all costs are accurately coded, recorded and monitored.
- Analyse and update both the staff costings, special costings and national framework agreement costings.
- Assist with the completion of external government returns.
- Complete month end tasks including working with BI and using reports.
- Dealing with ad hoc requests for financial data.