About the role
Your contributions will help us create new opportunities and possibilities every day – for us, for the country’s infrastructure, and for yourself.
Join our Highways team as a Finance Clerk on our Connect Plus Services joint venture and open up new pathways you never dreamt possible!
This role is based at our South Mimms office.
What you’ll be doing

As Finance Clerk you will have the following responsibilities:

• Ensuring that effective and efficient processing systems are operated within finance.
• Liaise with finance teams within parent companies to ensure timely and accurate payment of invoices.
• Support the monthly timesheet process ensuring that all timesheets are processed timely and accurately.
• Support the management and control of JV partner expenses.
• Prepare relevant reports to the business as required.
• Work with wider finance team to ensure that effective and efficient control mechanisms are maintained within the ledgers at all times.
• Prepare relevant balance sheet reconciliations ensuring they are accurate on a monthly basis making relevant adjustments as appropriate.
• Maintain and reconcile vouchers process on a monthly basis.
• Implement improvements to processes/reports as appropriate.
• Assist with the implementation of any new accounting system / ERP / processes.
• Maintain awareness of and compliance with the Integrated Management System.
• Assist in the processing of work as and when required.
• Carry out any other relevant duties as required within the department, or as required by line manager.

Who we’re looking for

QUALIFICATIONS/ SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE:

• Previous experience within finance.
• Able to work collaboratively within a team to achieve joint goals and objectives.
• A service outlook to how finance operates within the business.
• Understanding of the wider business and how this relates to finance
• Accounting qualifications or willing to study.
• Able to control processes, procedures, and costs effectively without compromising good working relationships within the business
• Good communicator (written and verbal).
• Able to work with staff at all levels, build effective and efficient relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
  Why work for us
  Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As Finance Clerk you will have the following responsibilities:

• Ensuring that effective and efficient processing systems are operated within finance.
• Liaise with finance teams within parent companies to ensure timely and accurate payment of invoices.
• Support the monthly timesheet process ensuring that all timesheets are processed timely and accurately.
• Support the management and control of JV partner expenses.
• Prepare relevant reports to the business as required.
• Work with wider finance team to ensure that effective and efficient control mechanisms are maintained within the ledgers at all times.
• Prepare relevant balance sheet reconciliations ensuring they are accurate on a monthly basis making relevant adjustments as appropriate.
• Maintain and reconcile vouchers process on a monthly basis.
• Implement improvements to processes/reports as appropriate.
• Assist with the implementation of any new accounting system / ERP / processes.
• Maintain awareness of and compliance with the Integrated Management System.
• Assist in the processing of work as and when required.
• Carry out any other relevant duties as required within the department, or as required by line manager

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more