Finance Technician

Whether you are talking about length, mass, time, temperature, electric current, amount or the brightness of light, the National Physical Laboratory sets the standards by which these things are all measured. Our range of products and services need to be commercially viable. At NPL, we touch ordinary lives in extraordinary ways and you could too?

We have an exciting opportunity available to join the collaborative and friendly Management Accounting team, working alongside the Senior Management Accountants and Assistant Finance Managers. You will assist with multiple departments and provide administrative and accounting support.

• Providing administrative and accounting support – month‑end processing and accounting, preparing audits, creating projects, and performing housekeeping activities.
• Running reports, expense transfers, invoicing, and journals.
• Supporting budget and quarterly forecasts.
• Supporting Group Leaders and Project Managers.
• You will also have opportunities to support with ad‑hoc projects, expanding your knowledge in a finance team undergoing significant change due to the adoption of a new Accounting system.

• Experience in a busy, fast paced finance department.
• Strong customer focus.
• Effective communication skills.
• Experience working with large data sets.
• Attention to detail.
• IT skills and familiar with Microsoft Office.
• AAT qualified or equivalent.

We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that nationality, residency, and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.