Financial Services Officer. LilyLifestyle

Reporting to Senior Payroll & Revenues Officer

Daily rate: £109.26

Provide a comprehensive financial support service consisting of, but not limited to, payroll and sales ledger

• Maintain and regularly update various payroll related databases and spreadsheets to ensure accurate information is available to produce monthly payroll information.
• Liaise with key personnel throughout the organisation to ensure that sickness records and any other appropriate records are maintained in an accurate manner to ensure the correct payment for sickness absence and the spreadsheet used for sickness recording is kept up to date.
• Collate and record overtime and expense claims on a monthly basis, updating electronic records accordingly in order that our payroll provider can be notified of such payments.
• Update and maintain filing systems relating to Payroll and sickness records to ensure efficient retrieval of these (and other related) documents.
• Assist in the downloading of key sales data and check to banked values to ensure accuracy of the info.
• Assist in the administration of the sales ledger raising and issuing sales invoices to debtors in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Provide an administrative support service to the Finance Department to assist in the efficient operation of the Department when required.
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role as requested by management.

• GSCE English & Maths (A to
  
  C) or equivalent
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of IT solutions and their use in a business environment.
• Experience of working in a similar role preferably in local government or the public sector
• Experience of using financial systems and process knowledge, plus other relevant IT skills including word, excel, PowerPoint or equivalents and other systems
• Strong analytical skills and numeracy skills
• Self‑motivated and able to use own initiative to complete tasks under minimal supervision
• The ability to understand complexity and give accurate concise advice to decision makers and senior colleagues
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills particularly the ability to cut through complexity to give advice
• Good organisation and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, prioritising workloads, and work under own initiative to ensure deadlines are met

Knowledge of working in a public sector accounts function