Finance Officer - #1779615
West Yorkshire Pension Fund
About us
This is your chance to join our finance team here at West Yorkshire Pension Fund. We're one of the largest local government funds in the country, managing not only our fund, but shared service administration for three other LGPS funds and over 20 Fire Authorities across England.
With competitive pay and access to range of great benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme it's a great chance to join our friendly, professional team.
About the Role
The Finance Officer’s role is a varied one, where your skills and versatility will be utilised to support the breadth of our Finance Team’s function. A key part of the Finance Officer’s role will be to provide a number of varied financial services within the Pension Fund, with opportunities to progress and support for accountancy training.
Responsibilities
- Investigate and resolve supplier queries, reconcile supplier statements
- Identify and post prepayments and accruals
- Produce ad hoc reports and analysis
- Daily accounting for the general ledger (data entry, statement reconciliation)
- Sundry debtor processes and raising invoices
- Bank Accounts reconciliation, and suspense account clearance
- Reconciling employers’ monthly contribution payments to members’ records
- Posting pensions contributions to members’ records
Qualifications
- 5 Grade A to C GCSEs including English and Maths (or equivalent qualification)
- Studying or willing to study for accountancy qualifications
Required Skills
- Previous accounting experience of general ledger record maintenance, bank reconciliation and sundry debtor transactions
- Experience in month end reconciliations and preparing variance analysis
- Intermediate capability in using financial software such as SAP or Oracle Financial
- Excellent Excel and Words skills
- Strong attention to detail and root-cause resolution, demonstrates a high level of intellect and speed of understanding
- Versatile and adaptable, willing to undertake an array of basic financial tasks
- Outstanding customer communication skills, be an excellent team player, and able to multi-task
Find out more and apply at https://recruitment.bradford.gov.uk/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=978
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