BAND D: £32,751 PER ANNUM

UKSBS is a public sector shared service centre providing high quality HR, Payroll, Finance, Procurement and IT services and expertise to our partners. We are proud of the part we play in enabling our partners to achieve the best outcomes for the British people and the UK economy.
It’s an exciting time to join UKSBS as we transform our business to be the leading UK public sector business service provider. We aim to become a very different organisation over the next few years as we move to a modern multi-platform, digitally enabled organisation.
Our people are the heart of our success. We are always looking for talented individuals to join our team and play a part in that success that’s why we invest and grow our workforce. In return for your talent and contributions, we offer flexible and family friendly working arrangements, a generous benefits package, an inclusive working environment that values your contribution, and opportunities to develop your skills and career with us.
The teams across Finance Service Delivery process a range of financial transactions and ensure procedures and processes are followed to deliver a high-quality service to our clients.
The General Ledger team deal with account reconciliation and reporting for a variety of areas including Cash and Bank, Payroll, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, GRNI, Intercompany/Counterparty and Whole of Government Accounts

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Produce monthly balance sheet reconciliations for our larger clients, presenting and analysing data using complex formulas and macros to provide a comprehensive set of accounts.
• Provide guidance on complex queries to Finance Analysts or less experienced members of the team.
• Create ad hoc adjusting journals as required to make any necessary corrections and provide advice to clients on preparation of journals.
• Carry out Counterparty coding and produce quarterly Counterparty Agreement and Whole of Government Accounts
• Ensure that all reconciling items are identified, documented and cleared within SLA by proactively working with clients and relevant internal departments.
• Take ownership of query resolution, dealing with escalated queries and complaints where appropriate and responding to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Manage own workload, prioritising as necessary to ensure that SLAs and deadlines are met.

To do this role well you will need:

• Educated to GCSE level, including Mathematics and English, or proven ability to work at this level
• Advanced Excel knowledge including working with complex formulas and macros.
• Good organisational skills; ability to multitask, prioritise and work to strict and tight deadlines.
• Effective at problem solving and dealing with complex queries.
• Experience of double entry accounting and account reconciliation.
• Ability to face challenges proactively and be comfortable and confident dealing with a diverse range of customers at all levels.
• Ability to explain complex accounting issues to non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to take responsibility, guide less experienced members of the team and make independent decisions within limits of role.

To find out more about the skills, knowledge and behaviours we’re looking for, read the detailed job description.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Produce monthly balance sheet reconciliations for our larger clients, presenting and analysing data using complex formulas and macros to provide a comprehensive set of accounts.
• Provide guidance on complex queries to Finance Analysts or less experienced members of the team.
• Create ad hoc adjusting journals as required to make any necessary corrections and provide advice to clients on preparation of journals.
• Carry out Counterparty coding and produce quarterly Counterparty Agreement and Whole of Government Accounts
• Ensure that all reconciling items are identified, documented and cleared within SLA by proactively working with clients and relevant internal departments.
• Take ownership of query resolution, dealing with escalated queries and complaints where appropriate and responding to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Manage own workload, prioritising as necessary to ensure that SLAs and deadlines are met

To do this role well you will need:

• Educated to GCSE level, including Mathematics and English, or proven ability to work at this level
• Advanced Excel knowledge including working with complex formulas and macros.
• Good organisational skills; ability to multitask, prioritise and work to strict and tight deadlines.
• Effective at problem solving and dealing with complex queries.
• Experience of double entry accounting and account reconciliation.
• Ability to face challenges proactively and be comfortable and confident dealing with a diverse range of customers at all levels.
• Ability to explain complex accounting issues to non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to take responsibility, guide less experienced members of the team and make independent decisions within limits of role