Senior Financial Processes Officer
Abingdon Rd, Culham, UK
Full-time
Salary: £29,761 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Division: Finance, Systems & Pensions
Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire
Confirmed Grade: Level 3
Department: Finance & Pensions
Company Description
By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world's energy? If so, read on.
Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.
UKAEA leads the way in realising fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.
As an employee of UKAEA, you will benefit from:
- Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
- Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
- Flexible working options including family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment.
- Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders,
- Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
- Wide range of career development opportunities
- A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive
The salary for this role is £29,761.
Job Description
This role can be based at the following site: Culham, Oxfordshire.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.
The Role
Working in a team and being part of a world leading organisation. Interacting with other parts of UKAEA and helping to resolve queries. Producing reports showing key data and metrics about the processes function. The Senior Financial Processes Officer will carry out and be responsible for a range of tasks within the Authority's Financial Processes (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Expenses) function.
What will you be responsible for?
- Producing reports showing key data and metrics about the processes function
- Processing purchase invoices, sales invoices & travel and subsistence expense claims
- Maintaining the accuracy of the supplier and customer database
- Providing support to other members of the team, including training apprentices
- Resolving queries
- Providing support, guidance, and documentation to internal and external customers about the processes function
Qualifications Essential skills, experience and competence required
- Strong time management skills including the ability to prioritise the workload
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work as a team player & under their own initiative
- Intermediate Excel (basic formulas, vlookups, pivot tables etc.)
- Flexibility
Desirable skills, experience and competence
- Experience with using an accounting ERP system (Oracle, SAP, U4BW) including processing of supplier invoices
- Additional experience with sales invoicing or travel & subsistence processing
Additional Information
For a full list of benefits and to apply, select the apply button to be taken through to the UKAEA careers pages.
We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.