- Support the budgeting, planning and reporting work of the Finance department including analysing accounts, calculating savings, producing KPIs and annual expenditure reports.
- Present, liaise, collaborate, and communicate management and financial reports with budget holders to discuss requirements, options and agree recommendations and implementation plan for projects.
- Support colleagues, customers and stakeholders to resolve their queries effectively.
- Work in partnership with other department areas when undertaking duties.
- Develop and maintain a knowledge of financial working practices and developments within the department.
- Use of finance IT systems relevant to working area.
- Financial accounting including bank and control account reconciliations, and VAT returns.
- Assist with the preparation of statutory returns and regulatory reports.
- Provide Continual Improvement through process generation and ownership within the finance department.
- Strong problem-solving ability and inquisitive nature
- Able to communicate technical information to stakeholders of varying skill sets
- Exceptional numerical and analytical skills with outstanding attention to detail
- Able to analyse large and complex datasets
- Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge
- SQL and BI tools experience is desirable
- Ability to build strong relationships
- Driven and enthusiastic
- Early leadership and management skills
- Strategic thinker
- Hands-on approach
- Adaptability and resilient
- Flexible Working
- Training and Development
- Excellent Company Standards
- Cycle-To-Work Scheme
- Health Care
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Great team spirit
- Organisation social events
- Professional membership
- Collaboration and Teamwork
- Integrity, Trust and Accountability
- Safety and Security
- Client Focused
- Social Value and Impact
Req240305 Temporary Finance Assistant - Whitehaven, United Kingdom - Delkia
Description
Temporary Finance Assistant
Location: Whitehaven
Job type: Fixed Term – Minimum 12 Months Contract
Salary: Competitive
Delkia is a fast-growing Engineering and Technical organisation based in Cumbria and Preston. We are proud of our reputation for delivering safe, high-quality projects, on time and on budget, across the Defence and Clean Energy Sector, we serve as an intelligent multi-disciplinary Systems Integration (SI) for high-integrity and mission-critical systems.
We have an exciting opportunity to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Temporary Finance Assistant to join our dynamic team at Delkia.
Overview of the role
We are looking for the ideal candidate to have previous finance experience, who is looking to develop their career within a dynamic organisation.
Working directly for the company's Finance Director, this opportunity will be focusing on operational needs, initially working closely with the project management officer (PMO), project controls (PC) and profit and loss (P&L) accountable leads.
This role will give the successful candidate full exposure to real-time accounting, director and senior stakeholder exposure, business planning forecasting, providing strong technical accounting skills, business sales and forecasting as well as budget control through variation monitoring and risk analysis. This opportunity will provide a top-to-bottom experience through all tiers of the organisation.
Key responsibilities:
Desired Qualifications / Prerequisites:
Previous finance experience preferable
Benefits
Mission
To deliver innovative value-for-money products and services to customers to enable safe and secure operations.
Vision
To become the leading British Systems Integrator and partner of choice for high-integrity and mission-critical systems.
Values
Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to security vetting restrictions.
All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
How to apply:
Please send your CV / interest to
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch to discuss.