Admin Officer (Finance Team)

Job description

·  Location
London, Greater London
·  Salary
£14.97/Hourly
·  Job type
Temporary
·  Industry
Public Sector and Government
·  External Reference
7294
·  Category
Public Sector - Local Government Administration

JOB TITLE: Admin Officer (Finance Team)

LOCATION: Wandsworth (SW18 2PU) - Hybrid working (2 days in office, 3 days wfh)

PAY RATE: £14.97 paye Per Hour

DURATION/HOURS: 3 months (possible extension)/ Mon-Fri 36 hours (5 days)

START DATE: ASAP

Role purpose:

To provide comprehensive administrative support to the Finance Team within the Adults Social Services & Public Health Directorate, helping to ensure the Finance Teams are working efficiently and effectively by providing support as and when required.

Duties & Responsibilities:

·  To provide administrative support to the Finance Team.

·  To work as required in ways that develop good working relations and collaborative arrangements with partner and other external organisations.

·  To support the Finance Officers and work with colleagues in the development and maintenance of procedures and systems.

·  To act as the first point of contact dealing with internal and external customers, by phone, email and face-to-face, resolving basic queries at first point of contact, where possible, including dealing with matters of a sensitive and confidential nature.

·  Referring any complex queries to the appropriate area of finance

·  Meeting preparation, including booking rooms, inviting delegates, ordering refreshments, preparing and distributing documentation

·  Producing a variety of high-quality documentation (advanced word-processing), accurately and to deadline.

·  To maintain existing Excel spreadsheets and produce new spreadsheets as and when required

·  To update and maintain databases accurately, collating statistical information and reports as directed, including social care databases.

·  To undertake daily administrative tasks, such as managing and delegating from a shared electronic mailbox, scanning, photocopying, stationery supplies, as required.

Knowledge, Skills & experience:

·  Good knowledge of office environments and administrative procedures and processes.

·  Good knowledge of supporting, coordinating and delivering within a project work-stream.

·  Good knowledge of the Data Protection Act 1998.

·  Good experience of developing and maintaining record keeping processes and systems.

·  Good experience of handling confidential and sensitive information appropriately.

·  Strong knowledge of standard IT packages to an advanced level (MS Office - Outlook and Word) and ability to learn new ones. Good knowledge of Excel to a high-intermediate level.

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