Job Title: Finance Operations Support
Duration: 6 months
Location: Hybrid - Average 2-3 days onsite Telford
Rate: £177.26 per day - Umbrella Only

An overview of the role
You will be a key partner on our flagship "IT Services" account, working to support the Financial Operations Controller within our Finance Operations Team. You will be working closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure financial reports are produced accurately & timely and provide support in systems and governance processes.

As Finance Operations Support, you will need strong organisational & prioritisation skills together with the ability to communicate across business functions to a wide range of stakeholders, both financial and non-financial.

Why this role?
In this role, you will be working to support the finance & wider business operations to run effectively & efficiently, whilst being on the lookout for process improvement. As part of this role, you will:

• Support the day-to-day operational activities including monthly financial reporting, control and governance.
• Support the daily/weekly collection and processing of third-party time sheets and invoices.
• Reconcile third party charges, working with wider teams such as PMO, Ecosystem and suppliers to investigate and resolve discrepancies while ensuring payment terms are met.
• Provide balance sheet management including balance sheet reconciliations and support audit reviews.
• Project administration and maintenance helping to support daily/month end processes.
• Create and set up critical business management artefacts within agreed SLA's, including finance system access requests & project code requests.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders and demonstrate effective communication.
• Be interested in the process and identify/discuss measures to improve processes and maximise the accuracy of data published.
• Support the Finance Operations Controller on ad-hoc tasks as required and providing cover for team tasks where necessary.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• An ability to prioritise workloads in a pressured environment and manage multiple tasks to strict deadlines.
• Good communication and strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to discuss financial information with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential