Sopra Steria Hiring for Finance Administrator Job at Newcastle upon Tyne, England Full Time

Are you an experienced administrator looking for a new opportunity? Or are you a Finance Graduate looking to gain experience in the sector? If so, this could be a great role for you!

SSCL are looking for a Finance Administrator to join our Salary Overpayments/Staff debt team. The role will cover a variety of case management activities within the Record to Report Team based within the Government Finance Department at SSCL.

You will be working on a project that is instrumental to the client ensuring that overpayments are managed and recovered accordingly.

Are you whiz on excel and have a great attention to detail? Do you have strong admin and data input experience? If so, this could be a great opportunity for you to either expand on your existing experience within finance or start your career!

We aren’t necessarily looking for a long list of experience but some understanding of what it takes to work in a lively fast paced environment that doesn’t stop! If you are motivated and willing to learn, we can show you the rest.

What you will be doing:

• Contribute to the delivery of a high-quality Finance Service to multiple clients
• Handling payroll overpayments and Staff Debt services with sensitivity, often involving the management of complex and personal information with integrity
• Liaise confidently with internal stakeholders/colleagues to ensure cases are brought to a satisfactory conclusion
• Resolve queries and escalate accordingly
• Maintain records for audit purposes
• Support line management with any additional tasks as and when required

What you’ll bring:

• Strong Administration/data entry experience
• Experience using Excel and proficient in navigating round Excel (basic-moderate formula and sums, pivot tables)
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload independently
• Effective team player and work equally as well on their own

It would be great if you had:

• Experience of working within a finance/payroll-based environment
• Experience of staff debt and/or overpayments case management, some form of debt collection experience would be useful

Full Time Permanent position

Location York or Newcastle

Security Clearance Level SC

Internal Recruiter Amelia

Salary £19,000 per annum

Benefits 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company?

The company was established as a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and Sopra Steria Ltd, in 2013 as part of the Government’s Shared Services Strategy for Smarter Government programme and operates from four regional centres of excellence: Blackpool; Newcastle; Newport; and York.

As a trading name of Shared Services Connected Ltd, SSCL has established an enviable track record in the design and delivery of large-scale innovative HR, Payroll, IT, and Finance & Accounting solutions to significantly improve efficiencies and enhance service levels across government and public sector.

Our clients include a number of government agencies including the Department for Work and Pensions, Environment Agency Department for Education, Ministry of Justice and Home Office as well as the Metropolitan Police Service and the Construction Industry Training Board.