Finance Assistant London, England
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We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.
Do you have excellent numeracy skills and previous finance experience?
Are you seeking an opportunity that provides future career progression within the Finance Profession?
If so, we are looking for an ambitious individual to join our team, and we would love to hear from you!
Job description
Our Finance Control team is responsible for the overall co-ordination, monitoring, reporting and consolidation of the Programme budgets within Rail Passenger Services.
As Finance Assistant you will support the delivery of key financial processes that ensure the department pays suppliers and records financial transactions appropriately. You will develop a detailed understanding of the objectives, financial transactions, and business areas of Passenger Services. You will apply this knowledge to your expertise in financial processes to ensure operations are able to respond to diverse needs while maintaining a level of commonality through standard guidelines, frameworks, processes, and tools.
This is a fantastic development opportunity whilst providing day-to-day support with core financial activities and processes. You will gain valuable and rewarding experience in a commercial environment, collaborating with colleagues across the Department and the Rail Industry.
Once in role you will be required to complete a minimum of a level 4 finance qualification for which support will be provided. To find out more information about the various finance qualifications, please click here.
If you would like to find out more about what it's like to work at DfT Rail, please click here.
In this role, your key responsibilities will include:
- Assisting in the preparation of periodic Train Operating Company (TOC) payments for certification and authorisation
- Loading periodic Train Operator financial forecasts and actuals onto Department for Transport’s management information system
- Assisting in the development and maintenance of a comprehensive database to facilitate the sharing of TOC financial information to a wide variety of partners
- Assisting in the preparation of internal processes and procedures, and responses to Parliamentary Questions (PQs), and Freedom of Information requests (FOIs) and other similar information requests
- Supporting in the collation of information and evidence for both internal and external audits
- Acting as Specialist Requisitioner and working closely with contract managers to ensure prompt payments to our suppliers in line with departmental prompt payment policy
- Monthly/periodic accounting entries and submission of month end accruals and cash flow forecasts.
You will have the option to be based in our London office attracting the London salary, or Leeds or Birmingham attracting the National salary. Occasional travel may be required to attend meetings or team events in our London office.
A minimum of 40% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.
Person specification
About You
You will have relevant finance experience and be committed to complete a minimum of a level 4 finance qualification once in role.
You will be highly numerate, with a high diligence and accuracy to produce quality record keeping and forecasts. You will be proficient with Microsoft Office Excel, and have experience of gathering financial and technical data to produce financial reports/dashboards.
You will display excellent interpersonal skills to build collaborative relationships at all levels within and outside of the Department. You will have experience of sharing your financial knowledge and expertise with others in an effective manner.
You will be proactive, with excellent planning and organisation skills, work well independently and as part of a team to deliver quality outputs and balance competing priorities.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport
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After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Numerical Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.
Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is 23:55 on 24.04.2023. If you fail to complete the online test before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
When considering your experience, please tailor your CV and personal statement (maximum word count of 500 words) to provide evidence of when you have:
- Gathered financial data and processed transactions.
- Built working relationships with a range of partners/team members to deliver a business objective.
The sift is due to take place by 28/04/2023.
Interviews/assessments are likely to be held week commencing 15/05/2023.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
- an interview
This interview could be conducted online via Teams or face to face at one of our offices. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, DfT is committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
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For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How we hire page of our DfT Careers website.
Before submitting your application, we encourage you to visit our Recruitment in detail page of the DfT Careers website. You will find detailed information about the entire recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role in the Civil Service.Throughout this job advert there are links to the DfT Careers Website, which provides you further information to support your application. Should you be unable to access the information on our website, please email [email protected] for assistance.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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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).
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