Finance Administrator

Join a leading independent technology and services provider as a Finance Administrator!

Job Overview:
Required a Finance administrator on a fixed-term contract to serve as the financial backbone of a division within a large and successful IT solution company, ensuring that every financial transaction runs smoothly, accurately, and on time. From processing cross charges and supporting budget tracking, to reconciling accounts and assisting with month-end reporting, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the financial health of the Division and enabling informed decision-making and transparency to account holders across the company.

Rate £17.73/Hr through UMB£13.67/Hr through basic PAYE
Contract 6 Months Contract
Timings: 9:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Location Hatfield Avenue - Hatfield Hertfordshire AL10 9TW (Hertfordshire)

Job Description:
A key part of the role is enabling open and transparent financial management. This includes agreeing a clear reporting timetable (cut-off dates, month-end deadlines, and distribution lists), producing consistent reports that can be reconciled back to source transactions, and proactively sharing insights so budget owners can plan confidently and act early when spend is trending off-track.

Skills

• Process purchase manual and system generated charges, assist with reporting and transparency, ensure appropriate approvals and complete an audit trail.
• Maintain accurate financial coding, including cost centre, department, project, and general ledger (GL) codes, to ensure costs are charged to the correct Profit & Loss (P&L) lines.
• Assist wider financial group with the P&L charging process: validate charge codes, investigate MIS-postings, submit corrections/reclassifications (journals) where required, and confirm changes are reflected in the reporting period agreed.
• Support budget holders with clear guidance on how costs should be raised and coded (eg, common scenarios, correct cost centres/projects), promoting consistent and transparent charging.
• Prepare regular P&L and cost reports (weekly/monthly as required): summarise actuals vs budget/forecast, highlight variances, and provide commentary and supporting detail to aid planning.
• Assist with month-end close activities: review accruals and prepayments, ensure cut-off is applied correctly, and help resolve outstanding queries to deadlines.
• Reconcile key accounts and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Maintain a transparent reporting pack: version-controlled templates, clearly labelled assumptions, and traceable source data so stakeholders can understand what has been charged, why, and when.
• Respond to finance and stakeholder queries in a timely manner, explaining transactions in plain language and providing evidence where needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes (eg, recurring coding errors, approval bottlenecks), propose solutions, and help implement more efficient and compliant ways of working.
• To organise and conduct monthly meetings with account holders, management and stakeholders, giving clarity and providing explanation and resolutions to an outcome.

Additional InformationInterview Process: Once the profile gets shortlisted, then an interview will be conducted
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