Senior Finance Officer

Posted 22 July 2024
Salary £30000 - £38000 per annum + Pension, medical cash plan
LocationSlough
Job type Permanent
Discipline Accounting & Finance
ReferenceJE/77712111_1721645944

Job description

Our Client in the Educational sector seeks a Senior Finance Officer to join their team on a permanent basis. The Senior Finance Officer would require a strong background within budgeting and excellent attention to detail.

Duties of the Senior Finance Officer include:

  • Prepare budget templates based on established guidelines
  • Coordinate budget schedule and review budgets received.
  • Enter individual budgets into master budget and test for reasonableness
  • Import budgets into accounting system
  • Assist with annual budget preparation
  • Provide mid-year budget projections.
  • Monitor monthly reports for budget to actual variances
  • Ensure all expenses are within the assigned budgets
  • Prepare and reconcile bank statements
  • Update contracts and liaising with suppliers
  • Maintain and reconcile general ledger
  • Perform special projects as assigned
  • Review internal controls, implement and/or update policies and procedures


Requirements for the Senior Finance Officer include:

  • Minimum three years accounting experience with a focus on complex spreadsheet tasks using all aspects of excel including functions, charts, pivot tables and large workbooks with complex calculations
  • Strong analytical ability, including the ability to quickly and effectively analyse, compare, and interpret data
  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
  • Demonstrated expertise with computerized accounting systems Sage, Excel and Access
  • Commitment to ensuring financial integrity, and ability to handle highly confidential information with discretion
  • Strong communicator


Benefits include, pension, generous annual leave entitlement, cycle to work, employee assistance programme, medical cash plan.