Interim Finance Officer

Michael Page Finance have partnered with South Yorkshire Police who are seeking an Interim Finance Officer to join their finance function on a temporary basis. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to gain financial accounts exposure. The role is an initial 4 month interim contract, based in Carbrook Sheffield, with 50/50 hybrid working

Client Details

Working for South Yorkshire Police doesn't have to mean patrolling the streets; our police staff work side by side with uniformed officers. A strong team of professional support staff work behind the scenes in many different areas of our organisation, including in finance. We need skilled people, like you, to join our police family to keep our South Yorkshire communities safe. We have an annual budget in excess of £300 million and employ over 3,000 police officers and 2,200 support staff. South Yorkshire Police are committed to attracting, selecting, hiring, retaining and developing a diverse and professional workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve, enabling us to meet and exceed our corporate finance goals and objectives

Like most organisations, South Yorkshire Police is transforming the way we deliver our services and run the organisation to meet ever more demanding challenges. We have a Medium-Term Resource Strategy underpinned by a draft recovery plan to help achieve our mission. The Finance department is very much at the centre of delivering this strategy working collaboratively with all senior leaders across the organisation and our external partners. Therefore, as part of this we are looking for talented individuals who are experienced finance professionals, resilient and driven to achieve change.

For more on working with South Yorkshire Police, visit their microsite for an overview of the finance department, insights into their important work across the force, a message from the Chief Constable, and team testimonials, including from Head of Corporate Finance.

https://clientprofile/south-yorkshire-police

Description

• Carry out year end duties in accordance with the year-end timetable.
• Carry out all monthly, quarterly, annual balance sheet reconciliations.
• Reconcile the acquisitions and disposals of force assets.
• Control and coordinate all allocated specialist functions, ensuring all costs are accurately coded, recorded and monitored.
• Analyse and update both the staff costings, special costings and national framework agreement costings.
• Assist with the completion of external government returns.
• Complete month end tasks including working with BI and using reports.
• Dealing with ad hoc requests for financial data.

Profile

A successful Interim Finance Officer should have:

• A full AAT qualification or working towards it
• Experience of working in a financial environment including budgetary control and year end procedures
• Ability to anaylyse, critically evaluate and interpret financial information
• Experience of using a computerised financial information system in a medium to large sized organisation
• Experience of working on a general ledger
• Knowledge of financial controls, rules and regulations
• Any experience of working with Oracle would be an advantage but not essential
• Any experience working in the public sector would be an advantage but not essential

Job Offer

• A highly competitive salary starting from £27,747 per anum
• 50/50 hybrid working from South Yorkshire Police HQ in Carbrook Sheffield
• Access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance (pro-rata'd to length of contract)
• Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme
• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks