Finance Officer (Redeployment 17214)

Reporting to the Finance Specialist, you will provide support for the financial management of the service covering the full suite of highways contracts, ensuring that the highways contracts comply with the financial requirements of Suffolk County Council. You will support the formulation, management and financial reconciliation of task orders that are raised across the highways contracts and support the contractual requirements for payment of works to our contractors. You will also support for the formulation, management and co-ordination of a wide range of financial processes associated with the management of contracts for the provision of highways services. Help ensure that the financial practices and procedures applied by Suffolk Highways through Commercial and Financial Services provide a commitment accounting approach - so that commissioners are able to accurately track expenditure and appropriately manage revenue and capital expenditure., Step 3 - Upload a supporting statement answering the following questions below (no more than 400 words per question). You should use the Supporting Statement template. 1. Please describe the skills and attributes you will bring to this role? 2. Share an experience relevant to the role where you worked effectively in a collaborative environment, particularly with Contractors and Internal Staff. 3. Describe a situation where you identified shortcomings in current practices and instigated changes to improve efficiency or service quality. What was the outcome?

• relevant qualification such as NVQ4, or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
• high levels of literacy and numeracy
• excellent ICT skills, including developing spreadsheets and the ability to carry out complex financial analysis and prepare financial and budget reports with a high degree of accuracy
• demonstrable experience of using financial management systems that link across several different platforms and contractors
• excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work with a wide range of people including contractors, colleagues within the highways service and procurement/financial experts. Also able to communicate complex financial concepts/analyses to non-technical audiences
• ability to develop an increasingly autonomous role, ultimately acting as a key interface with the contractor for matters concerning financial processes
• experience of managing budgets and reviewing process to ensure compliance
• knowledge of local government budget management procedures and regulations, ideally gained in a highways environment or relevant similar discipline. (desirable)
  
  Suffolk Highways is a collaboration between Suffolk County Council and private sector service provider(s) to meet the primary objective of maintaining roads and delivering new highway infrastructure in Suffolk.