Scott Monk

Senior Finance Officer

Hertfordshire County Council, Stevenage

As a Senior Finance Officer, I ran a team comprised of 2 Finance officers and 3 Finance Assistants. I partly continued similar tasks as a finance officer and finance assistant. However, I also carried the follow new roles:

• Using understanding of relevant processes and system within specialist area to prepare reports and other materials using standard and non-standard formats and software
• Analysing and presenting information, drawing conclusions and identifying trends
• Processing large reoccurring payments
• Providing information and practical, routine advice to the team
• Providing specialist or procedural guidance for new and non-technical staff
• Responding to and resolves enquiries and complex queries
• Keeping up to date with changes in policy/legislation/contractual requirements to ensure that the corporate service complies with changes

Finance Officer

Hertfordshire County Council, Stevenage

In this role I was continuing with the majority of the finance assistant duties I had previously, however I was also carrying out numerous finance officer roles such as:

• Supervising and manging finance assistants within my team
• Managing and reconciling the Imprest cash tin
• Making monthly bulk payments on time
• Dealing with complex queries
• Updating and creating procedures and spreadsheet templates
• Assisting management within Finance
• Ensuring that all payments are made before their deadlines
• Maintaining previous finance assistant roles, including making payments, setting up direct payment accounts, communicating with clients and providers, reconciling payments

Finance Assistant

Hertfordshire County Council, Stevenage

During this role as finance assistant, I carried out the following roles and responsibilities:

• Recording and paying invoices before deadlines
• Setting up direct payments and checking all agreements were in place
• Recording payments and data on Excel, including the use of formats and formulas
• Kept my allocated area up to date and organised
• Recording and processing bank statements
• Reconciling payments that were made every month

AAT’s

Currently Studying Level 3 AAT

Apprenticeship

Hertfordshire College, Stevenage

OCR Level 3 Diploma in Business Administration

A Levels

Marriotts School, Stevenage

[Distinction*] Level 3 IT, Business Studies, Physical Education

GCSE’s

Marriotts School, Stevenage

[A]Maths [B]English [C]French, Extended Biology, Chemistry and Physics

[Distinction*] IT, Physical Education