Job Description

Good Morning We have a new role become available for an Assistant Accountant to work for Thames Valley Police at their headquarters in Kidlington.

This will be hybrid working so ration will be 1 or 2 days a week in the office and the rest working from home.

The Assistant Accountant role will be a fixed term contract for 1 year working 37 hours a week Monday to Friday.

PLEASE NOTE DUE TO POLICE VETTING CRITERIA YOU MUST HAVE RESIDED WITHIN THE UK FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS CONTINUOUSLY AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION

The overall purpose of the role is to: Provide financial assistance to the Corporate Accountants/ Finance Business Partners and to participate in all aspects of financial management and accountancy.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS:

• Contribute to the production of the Force MTFP and annual budget by providing information and analysis on BAU budgets and bids and recommendations to changes to budgets - accurately and timely manner.

• Facilitate the financial performance monitoring process by identifying and extracting data from source systems, validating / reconciling the data, evaluating predicted expenditure levels, identify exceptions and providing feedback to Accounts and Business stakeholders.

• Prepare financial analysis and costings for internal and external use, providing feedback to stakeholders as required.

• In accordance with legislation, accounting standards and force regulations maintain accurate and timely accounting records. Ensuring journals / budget virements / Requisitions and invoices are processed according to Forces financial regulation to agree time.

• In relation to the statutory year end close down, undertake specific tasks in accordance to the agreed timetable.

• Contribute to the recovery of income by ensuring appropriate sundry debtors are accurately raised in a timely manner. Support the management of customer queries in a timely manner.

• In conjunction with the Corporate Accountant and Finance Business partners, provide analysis, guidance and advice on issues concerning legislative, professional or force financial regulations.

• Any other duties allocated by Management as and when required.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROLE

• Good standard of education including excellent numeracy skills and literacy skills, and AAT qualified.

• Proven practical and technical post qualification experience in a finance environment.

• High level of computer literacy; especially, MS office applications, Excel and databases.

• Proven ability to produce and accurately manipulate, interpret and analyse highly complex financial data to produce insightful information to assist decision making and performance management across the force.

• Proven ability as a good communicator who can clearly deliver financial information (verbal & written).

• Proven ability to work as a team member and independently.

• Experience of working in a large organisation and knowledge of the public sector would be an advantage.

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