Skills

Data Analysis Monitoring Decision-making Data interpretation Accounting

Job Specifications

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Aberdeen, is currently looking to recruit a Junior Finance Business Partner for an initial 12 month contract on a rate of £19.10/hour PAYE. This role will be hybrid working.

Responsibilities:

- Support the Senior Finance Business Partner and wider team in budget planning and control, ensuring timely, accurate, and relevant financial reporting, draft budget preparation, and year-end accounts.

- Review budget monitoring returns, checking forecasts, year-to-date actuals, and budget data, and challenge areas requiring clarification to ensure robust financial oversight.

- Produce monthly financial monitoring reports and forecasts for branches, highlighting issues to inform senior management decision-making.

- Build and maintain effective working relationships with branch staff and wider colleagues.

- Review monthly expenditure for allocated branches, compare Oracle finance system data, identify accruals, prepayments, and adjustments, and process journals as required.

- Assist with financial ledger updates, including performing monthly reconciliations.

- Contribute to continuous improvement, value for money, and best practice in financial processes across the organisation.

- Create requisitions for goods and services in the Oracle purchasing system, confirm receipt of goods/services, and validate invoices for payment.

- Assist in maintaining overall financial control, ensuring the integrity of financial data, systems, and records.

- Ensure adequate financial controls and clear audit trails are in place to support accounting and reporting processes.

- Work flexibly across the team, adapting quickly to changing priorities and business needs.

Essential Skills:

- Experience in management accounts or currently studying for an accountancy qualification or holding a numerical/business degree.

- Budgeting, Forecasting and Costing (Understanding of budgeting guidance. Budget management. Understanding forecasting. Understanding costing) – Awareness Level.

- Working with Data in Finance (Data analysis. Data interpretation. Data visualisation. Interrogation of finance systems) – Working Level.

- Basic finance skills (Numeracy. Excel) – Practitioner Level.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.

About the Company

Venesky Brown has established itself as a prominent resourcing solutions provider since 2005, with a growing presence in various sectors including Infrastructure, Energy and Public Sector throughout the United Kingdom. Our diverse client portfolio enables us to deliver projects within multiple industries such as Local and Central Government, Further Education, Higher Education, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas, as well as Major Road/Rail Infrastructure, spanning across the UK. For more information and live vacancies please vi... Know more