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Junior Finance System Administrator
at UK Export Finance London in London (Published at 19-10-2023)
Details
Reference number
320600
Salary
£34,000
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade
Executive Officer
Contract type
Fixed Term
Length of employment
2 years
Business area
UKEF - Financial Control Division
Type of role
Finance
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
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About the job
Benefits
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Location
Westminster, London
About the job
Job summary
The Financial Control Division (FCD) is a friendly, dynamic, and fast paced team working at the heart of UK Export Finance. We are responsible for ensuring that effective financial control processes are in place. We co-ordinate the Department’s estimates, budgets and forecasting processes. We produce accurate and reliable monthly management accounts, annual accounts, and other published financial information. We manage the UKEF bank accounts, purchase ledger, fixed asset registers and the general ledger (CODA). We advise on accounting treatments, own the UKEF accounting policies and are working with others across the organisation and beyond to implement large scale changes in our accounting policy, systems, and processes in order to operationalise IFRS 9 and IFRS 17.
Our friendly and collaborative team is growing to support a larger UK Export Finance. Not only has the demand for UK Export Finance products significantly increased since the pandemic, the business is operating in a more uncertain market than it has seen in a long-time meaning activity on claims and recoveries is also increasing. It’s therefore an exciting time to join us as we support a business that is at the heart of delivering government export and trade policy to build the UK economy back stronger. We are also in a unique period of transition as we prepare to implement a new general ledger and purchase to pay system. This will offer the successful applicant a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience, and indeed, help shape and contribute to this transformational change.
Job description
The primary purpose of the Junior Finance Systems Administrator is to manage and maintain the finance systems, specifically MS Dynamics (the General Ledger) but with the opportunity to cross-train with other Finance and Reporting applications.
The roles will work shadow the implementation team and will sit between the Project and BAU teams with the aim to support both the developers and the SMEs, during the configuration and development and till the go-live, at which point they will take charge of the new BAU systems.
The roles will act as the interface between end users, with their queries following testing or requirement gathering/delivery, and the project team.
Person specification
- Assist in maintaining process maps
- Assist with financial systems user support
- Support the development of financial system technologies including system testing
- Implement data standards based on requirements.
- Ensure data consistency within and between systems/processes.
- Assist with maintaining data quality including data cleansing.
- Deliver services to agreed service level agreements.
Qualifications
Working towards or achieved the following qualifications:
- Level 4 AAT.
- Level 4 equivalent part qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent.
- Digital apprenticeship.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Technical questions relevant to the role.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £34,000, UK Export Finance contributes £9,180 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
We are assessing candidates using Success Profiles and across the whole process we will assess your Experience, Technical aptitude and Behaviours as highlighted below.
You will be invited to complete the online application form. The application form must be completed by 23.55 on the day of the closing date for it to be accepted.
All applications will be sifted against our minimum selection criteria outlined in the personal specification.
You are required to upload a copy of an up-to-date CV which should include information on your employment history, experience and relevant qualifications.
For the initial sift your application will be evaluated against:
- Experience – As demonstrated in your CV
- Technical – Addressing 1 technical questions (250 word answer):
- Can you describe your involvement in a software (ideally a finance system) implementation or data migration or a process that you have managed independently.
Interview Stage
Following the sift, successful applicants will then be invited to attend an initial short telephone interview. If successful, you will then be invited to a formal interview that will include the following assessment:
- Behaviours / Technical/Experience - a formal panel interview where you will be interviewed across the one behaviour below and your technical ability to successfully carry out the role.
- Behaviour - Managing a quality service.
- Technical – Technical questions relevant to the role.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name :
Recruitment Team
Email :
Recruitment2@ukexportfinance.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Email :
Recruitment2@ukexportfinance.gov.uk
Further information
Should you have a complaint or wish to raise any concerns regarding the recruitment process, please e-mail your complaint to the Head of Pay and Resourcing (UKEF) at Recruitment2@ukexportfinance.gov.uk and include “Complaint” in the subject heading. Should you remain dissatisfied following UKEF’s investigation then you can refer your complaint to the Commission - http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint.
