Details:

Location:

Bloomsbury

Category:

Financial

Salary:

£27,468 – £32,483 per annum

Contract type:

Contract Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

0207323839

Finance Officer: Data
Finance
Full-time
Permanent
£27,468 – £32,483 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 18 July 2022

About the role:

The British Museum is seeking a Finance Officer to join the Finance department. As the Finance Officer: Data you would be responsible for ensuring financial data from third parties and other business systems is accurately loaded into the financial systems on a timely basis, including ecommerce and banking data. You would ensure the service provided to Museum departments is of a high standard.

Key areas of responsibility:

Maintain a good understanding of financial systems, internal and external data flows, transactions and other business systems that interact with the Museum’s financial systems.
Review interface results, identify and correct errors and inconsistencies and ensure all intercompany transactions are made on a timely basis.
Define issues in collaboration with stakeholders; prepare and evaluate alternative solutions; and recommend efficient and effective courses of action.
Develop project plans and successfully deliver improvement projects to agreed timetable.
Review and authorise journals, reconciliations and other analysis prepared by team members.
Liaise with management accounts team to ensure financial data is timely and accurate and issues are identified, followed up and resolved.
Work across the finance team to provide best practice accounting, processing and reporting services to all Museum staff.

About you:

Educated to degree level or equivalent IT literate, advanced knowledge of Excel and data input and spreadsheet skills
Basic knowledge of accounting principles and procedures as well as a good understanding of e-commerce and systems controls.
Proven experience of new system implementation.
Experience of maintaining consistency and accuracy in processing a high volume of transactions and the ability to identify, investigate and resolve discrepancies.
Experience of managing and/or training a member of staff would be desirable.
Experience of operating at least one accounting package.
Accounting qualification (ACCA/ACA/CIMA or equivalent) or working towards would be desirable.