Finance Assistant London, England
Job description
About ARIA
Launching with an £800M budget, ARIA will support ambitious R&D beyond the reach of the current system, creating transformative science and technology capabilities that benefit the UK and help humanity thrive. We are building a small team with diverse experiences and networks, who will work intensely and collaboratively to create a better future with science.
We are seeking a proactive Finance Assistant who is passionate about supporting ARIA’s ambitious research agenda through effective financial management and organisation-wide support. Working as an integral part of a small team, and with significant exposure to the Chief Financial Officer and ARIA’s other Executives, you will help ARIA deliver professional excellence within its finance operations.
As a Finance Assistant – (Inside IR35) your main responsibilities would be:
Supporting the preparation of management and financial accounts and tax compliance- Preparing cash and budgeting forecasts
- Supporting the integrity of ARIA’s financial controls and assurance environment – including by preparing month- and year- end controls and reconciliations and supporting audits
- Responding to and resolving queries from colleagues, suppliers, and ARIA’s funding Department (the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy).
- Delivery of the Department's annual statutory accounts.
- Collection and quality assurance of accounting and in-year financial performance data, including maintenance and development of the data collection and consolidation systems.
- Management of the Department's General Ledger and Non-Current Asset Register.
- Provision of specialist accounting advice and guidance to the Department.
Essential criteria
- Either part or fully qualified (CCAB or equivalent)
- Highly numerate with excellent written and oral communication skills
- Significant experience of Workday financials, procurement, and expenses module
- Experience of transactions, processing journals, forecasting and bank reconciliations
Desirable criteria
- Experience of operating within a small/start-up environment
- Central government or public sector experience
- Experience of engaging with internal and external auditors
- Comfortable using a range of operating systems (Microsoft, Google Chrome)
- Comfortable with uncertainty and thriving in innovative and new situations.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
