Finance Officer - Peterborough, United Kingdom - Colbern Limited

Colbern Limited

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Peterborough, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Finance Officer
Peterborough
Contract
£21.27 £22.84 per hour PAYE or £ £29.60 Limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35

Our client is looking for an experienced Finance Officer.

Reporting to the Finance & Contracts Manager, the Finance Officer is responsible for the monitoring of ITDS budgets and financial controls ensuring financial performance is in line with budget and sustainable in the long-term across both Cambridgeshire County and Peterborough City councils.

Financial Management

Establish and agree processes for managing the budgets for the IT Service across both Councils
To develop and implement strategies to further improve the clarity of budget management and monitoring for both revenue and capital budgets
Be responsible for all cross charging against any budgets for services, councils and 3rd party providers
Build and maintain strong relationships with financial teams across both councils and 3rd parties
Be responsible for the verification of invoices received to ensure they correspond to relevant budgets and purchase orders for the relevant Council
Provide cover for the raising and closing of purchase orders in each council's respective finance system
Budget Control
Clearly communicate outcomes of budget analysis to ITDS Management and Programme/Project

Managers

Contribute to the robust analysis of project budgets and departmental cross charging by

providing robust financial analysis, forecasts and commentary to the senior management team

and project/budget managers to ensure that their business/project decisions and development

are properly informed by financial information.

Prepare and monitor ITDS's budget through consultation with the Senior Management Team and Project Managers to ensure full probity, adherence to audit requirements and achievement of financial targets.
Undertake full annual cycle activities including monthly budgetary control, providing reports and accurate forecasts to both ITDS and CCC & PCC Finance.
Proactively seeking to maintain and improve financial controls and processes, ensuring the

processes are fully documented, reviewed regularly and updated/communicated as appropriate.

Bachelor's degree, HNC, HND NVQ level 4 in a related business, finance or accounting field
(AAT, CIMA).

The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV.

Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities.

Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer.