RSS is a Contact Centre responsible for co-ordinating and issuing ship registration and related documentation required to operate under the UK flag. As Finance Manager, you will oversee end-to-end finance operations for RSS ensuring that all aspects of budgeting, finance and reconciliation is delivered in line with the Agency's business requirements. Within this role, you will be responsible for managing the budget and monthly reporting, purchase order processing and cash reconciliation for the department. You will liaise with our customers to manage client accounts and ensure daily transactions are processed enabling income recognition. In this interesting role, you will represent RSS and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) with a professional and clear approach, ensuring key messages are delivered to our internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner. Your key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Managing the RSS budget by reconciling and delivering detailed internal and external financial reports:
+ Managing the monthly budgeting process to ensure that all activity is accounted for, and reporting is delivered in line with MCA requirements. + Tracking and reconciling spend against budgets, providing regular reports and advice for budget holders and senior leaders and promoting best practice.
• Monitoring RSS spend; ensuring value for money and maintaining a robust level of financial governance, ensuring invoices are paid in a timely and efficient way:
+ Managing a timely and efficient invoice payment process.
• Providing advice on invoice and payment queries:
+ Raising Purchase Orders (POs) + Handling queries relating to payments and invoices + Weekly/monthly banking and cash book balancing
• Compiling data and providing analysis for audits, exercises, and to support business cases.
• Direct line management for two Finance Assistants.
  
  Do you have excellent numeracy skills and a high attention to detail?
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The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government's maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea. Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas. Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams. We want everyone to feel valued and supported to achieve their potential at MCA. This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks groups covering, Women's, LGBTQI+, Race, Carers, Mental Wellbeing and volunteer Respect Ambassadors.