Finance Officer

Nottingham, Swansea

Can you demonstrate your experience of working within Accounts Payable processes and procedures in a medium or large organisation?

Have you used Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel, to support business activities and reporting?

Are you organised, resilient and motivated by meeting targets in a busy operational environment?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

We’re working hard to:

• make roads safer
• improve services for our customers
• make road transport greener and healthier
• harness the potential of technology and data
• grow and level up the economy

Join a team that plays a vital role in delivering efficient and effective corporate services across the organisation. Working within a collaborative and supportive environment, you’ll help ensure key business operations run smoothly while contributing to continuous improvement and excellent service delivery. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills, work with a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders, and make a meaningful impact within a professional finance and business support function.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Join DVSA as a Financial Control Officer and build a rewarding career in finance while contributing to the delivery of essential financial services. This varied role offers hands‑on experience across banking, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and VAT, providing a strong foundation in financial management. With a comprehensive training package, including funded professional qualifications and study leave, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your expertise, gain valuable experience and progress into a range of future finance career opportunities within DVSA

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Address queries from customers or managers and respond within the agreed timescales and provide guidance, advice and support in system transactions.
• Ensure the correct or most appropriate process is utilised for maintaining and controlling financial transactions, and are aligned with the processes of the Shared Services provider.
• Act as first point of contact for queries regarding shared services, providing support; investigating, analysing and resolving disputes, and escalating issues to the Financial Control Manager where necessary.
• Liaise with external stakeholders (such as Shared Services, banks/suppliers/auditors & other DVSA functions) in order to ensure issues are dealt with and agency transactions are accurate and timely.
• Produce and analyse monthly reports and/or quarterly returns on payments, income, returns, refunds, request claims and payroll data as required in line with agency policy, and communicate them to appropriate internal or external audiences.
• Use Excel skills to accurately reconcile and present spreadsheets confirming the balancing of allocated general ledger accounts
• Provide advice and guidance for staff and deal with queries in the appropriate application of financial processes and promote the continual improvement of services.
• Build and maintain excellent working relationships with key…