Job Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Finance Operations Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will play a key part in ensuring accurate financial management, reporting, and compliance while driving continuous improvement and strategic collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
* Oversee month-end close activities, reconciliations, and control processes.
* Manage all project accounting and fixed asset activities.
* Collaborate closely with business units to monitor and validate cost allocations, ensuring financial accuracy.
* Act as a liaison with IT to resolve project accounting system issues and improve processes.
* Assist in preparing financial reports for grants, contracts, and capital benchmarking activities.
* Provide key financial information to external auditors and stakeholders, ensuring transparency and accountability.
* Work with leadership to develop reporting frameworks that drive business decision-making.
* Monitor system controls related to budgeting, ensuring compliance and identifying areas for improvement.
* Lead efforts to enhance reporting efficiency, implementing best practices and automation where applicable.
* Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimise financial processes, reporting standards, and data accuracy.
Requirements
You must be a qualified accountant, Chartered, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA coming straight from practice or with industry experience. Strong Excel skills are necessary together with solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to build relationships with stakeholders.
What You'll Get
Salary from 50k to 58k depending on experience. I expect the salary to land between at 55k. Full benefits such as Bonus, Pension, Hybrid working and more. Flexible working options available. A significant opportunity to develop a career within this large and growing organisation.