Senior Members Finance Clerk (Maternity Cover)

We are looking for a Senior Members Finance Clerk in our Finance Department at the House of Lords. This is an opportunity to join the team who are responsible for ensuring Members’ allowances and expenses claims are paid promptly and accurately. You will respond to queries and advise on the processes and schemes available to individuals, ensuring that claims are processed correctly and are in accordance with the relevant guidance.
This is an opportunity to work onsite at Parliament for 4 days a week and to work from home one day per week (with the possibility to increasing this to two days a week). This is an exciting position for someone who enjoys working within a small team, is confident working with numbers and can do so accurately, and who is able to clearly communicate with a range of stakeholders., + Application of the Members Finance Scheme which will include ensuring payments are accurate and correctly entered and processed on the accounting system.
+ Administration of the Members’ Travel Credit Card Scheme which will involve overseeing all aspects of the scheme including cardholder agreements and guidance, new and replacement cards, reconciliation of statements and expense claims, and ensuring details are entered onto the system.
+ Information management where you will be one of two defined process owners responsible for ensuring information is processed accurately and robustly.
If this sounds like something you would like to hear more about, please see the attached job description for more information., The House of Lords Administration is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of their age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender/sex, gender reassignment/trans status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. The Administration will also consider flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments.
We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. For this role we particularly welcome applications from groups which are currently underrepresented within the team, including applications from Black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates and candidates with disabilities.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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+ Technical skills - Previous administrative experience and good IT skills, including knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office and computerised accounting systems.
+ Analytical skills and problem solving – proven analytical and numerical skills; being comfortable with detailed number work, including manual calculations.
+ Communication skills – Clear and accurate oral, written and online communications skills, including the ability to explain and clarify issues around Members’ Finance.
+ Professionalism, tact and discretion – ability to apply a strong sense of professionalism, tact, discretion and confidentiality to the role.
+ Accuracy – the ability to work under pressure, maintaining a high level of accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.
+ Working flexibly – being able to work effectively and flexibly as part of a small team within the Finance Department.
It would be even better if you had…
+ High level of administrative ability and initiative to organise your own workloads.
+ Experience of using Business World accounting software.
+ Knowledge or interest in learning continuous improvement methods.

What you’ll get in return
+ 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years’ service)
+ Generous pension scheme
+ Discounts from well-known brands and retailers
+ Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme
+ The opportunity to witness history in the making!
The work we do is vital to House of Lords, and you will be a pivotal member in the team strengthening the work of the House. The House of Lords is the second chamber of the UK parliament. It is independent from and complements the work of the House of Commons to:
+ Make laws
+ Check and challenge the actions of the government through questions and debates
+ Investigate public policy and provide a forum of independent expertise