Finance Officer
| Posting date: | 06 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £28,710 to £29,821 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Lowestoft |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 409897/1 |
Summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is passionate about making a difference through their work and is committed to continuous personal development and learning. You will work with our Finance Team to help ensure Cefas delivers our UK Government objectives, great value for money and financial professionalism. We recognise the exciting technological opportunities that data and AI present to our profession and are very interested in candidates with related skills and experience who want to apply these to help transform our financial management.
As part of our commitment to professionalism we would expect you to be or become AAT qualified or equivalent. We are pleased to offer a Level 4 AAT apprenticeship pathway through our training partner KAPLAN, a leading provider of Accounting courses - AAT Accounting Qualification and Courses | Kaplan.
At Cefas, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are an inclusive community and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds and capabilities. We value enthusiasm, professionalism, and your sense of fun. We are committed to creating a welcoming and supportive environment for all genders and communities.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
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Your main duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Cefas are growing our impact in the UK and overseas creating new demands for our Finance Team to apply the new technologies and data skills to build efficient and effective business support solutions as well as proactive strategic planning.
The role involves:
- Working within a dynamic and supportive finance environment, using finance systems, sound Excel skills and wider data and AI orientated solutions.
- Providing accurate and assured input and support for all our financial transactions within our business systems including sales and purchase ledger.
- Assured accuracy of the monthly management financial reporting through completion of journals and reconciliations.
- Maintaining and enhancing our financial controls, assurance and compliance performance and working with our audit reviews to further improve them.
- Proudly providing excellent customer service.
- Building and maintaining our Cefas Values through respectful, working relationships with all our colleagues, funding partners and suppliers and enhancing our equity, diversity and inclusivity.
We additionally expect colleagues to continue to develop and grow their duties and responsibilities, commensurate with their grade.
We will support your continuing professional development, through our apprenticeship programmes, with paid studies and study time.
In addition, Cefas reserves the right to ask staff to take on additional duties and responsibilities which are commensurate with their grade. Management will have a discussion with staff to explain the changes that are to be made. A new job description will be issued if required.
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