- Pay Rate:
£11.39 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 1-2 months
- Matlock, Derbyshire,
DE4 3AG
Temporary Finance Assistant x 2 – Financial Services
Reference no: Derbyshire 5224258
Pay Rate: £11.39 per hour PAYE
Candidates MUST be available to attend the Office DE4 3AG for training and support - may be able to WFH.
A DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role; however, the level of disclosure has not been specified by the client.
The purpose of the role is to assist in the provision of high quality and effective financial services within the Client Financial Services section.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gather and process financial information to enable accurate assessments.
- Manipulate, reconcile and monitor financial accounts through detailed data analysis.
- Contribute to the maintenance of efficient records by reviewing and amending as required, including the use of bespoke information systems.
- Actively progress outstanding payments and debt to meet prescribed targets.
- Provide information and support to those within the service area, responding to queries promptly, resolving issues and complaints for a range of internal and external stakeholders, escalating where necessary.
- Contribute to the success of the team, planning and organising workload to meet deadlines.
- Ensure the service’s financial provision is carried out in accordance with statutory guidance and financial regulations.
“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
Qualifications:
- Educated to Level 2, including NVQ and GCSE or equivalent.
Experience:
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Knowledge and understanding of the operating environment
- Awareness of confidentiality and data protection
- Experience of working in a transactional and query management finance setting, within administrative processes and procedures
- Working with computerised financial systems, including Microsoft packages.
- Working in a fast paced, pressurised environment
- Experience producing accurate financial Information
Skills & Abilities:
- Good financial and accounting.
- knowledge, awareness of financial legislation and regulatory aspects of the service area.
- Excellent numeracy, literacy and accuracy skills.
- Proven ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills to include verbal, written and listening skills.
- Proven analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to use initiative to resolve outstanding issues.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.
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