Lead Accounting Officer

The Lead Accounting Officer role combines technical accounting, payroll, financial, and operational activity. 

This role is responsible for providing financial support to Genomics England (GEL) staff and being the point of contact for queries concerning core financial operations, e.g. accounts payable, accounts receivable and our shared payroll service. 

The Accounting Officer will ensure that delegated finance tasks are appropriately completed and monitored in line with policies and procedures and that any issues are investigated, resolved or reported.

Everyday responsibilities include:

• In line with the month-end timetable, drive certain activities to process prompt period end close with responsibility for ensuring that a range of processes is in place to maintain balance sheet reconciliations.
• Preparation and posting of related General Ledger (GL) journals.
• Following the monthly payroll schedule, ensure a smooth payroll process with the people's team collaboration.
• Ensure scrutiny of the data and documentation and provide payroll query resolution through consultation with the people's team. 
• Providing an accurate and efficient service ensuring all finance queries and tasks are dealt with promptly whilst adhering to Genomics England's financial calendar, including a month-end and regulatory reporting timetable.
• Responsible for supporting the efficient running, reporting and management of Finance Operational KPI targets and actioning reported variances.
• Ensure that financial procedures are fully documented and up to date, reviewed as necessary and at least once a year.
• Investigating and resolving queries received from internal and external stakeholders promptly regarding all payments, purchases, data analysis and general accounting/finance issues.
• Translating answers to financial queries for efficient stakeholder management.
• Improve and manage all banking functions and user management in banking applications and Government Banking.
• Support and ensure sufficient Bank and BACS systems, including accurate administration and best practices.
• Ownership for the efficient management of the account payable and receivable finance function by ensuring timely and accurate transactional data processing within agreed timelines.
• To promote robust and efficient financial administration across Genomics England, including oversight of the pay will ensure that delegated finance tasks are appropriately completed and monitored in line with policies and procedures and that any issues are investigated, resolved or reported. 
• Know and understand the meaning behind our virtues and leadership behaviors and embody them in all aspects of your role. 

Part-qualified or finalist CCAB 

Salary from £40,500

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: 

• 30 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards
• A generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution
• Life Assurance (3 x salary)
• Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal
• A wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classes
• Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits
• Blended working arrangements

Talk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you.

Please note due to nature of the role we are requiring the successful candidate to work from our London office 1 day per week.

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Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.

Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor. 

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary to our virtues, undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties. 

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility. We expect most people to come into the office 2 times each month as a minimum. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that staff will return to the office full time unless they want to, however, some of our roles require you to be on site full time e.g., lab teams, reception team. 

Our teams and squads have, and will continue to, reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.