View Vacancy - Finance Officer, Copenhagen (DNK18.499)
The British Embassy in Copenhagen, part of worldwide network representing UK political, economic and consular interests overseas, is looking for a Finance Officer. The Finance Officer is responsible for day-to-day finance tasks of the Embassy working closely together with Deputy Corporate Service Manager.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Finance (70%)
- Preparation of invoices and payments through the Global Transaction Processing Centre (GTPC), acting as the first point of contact.
- Local payments
- Oracle Housekeeping; Open Purchase Orders, GRNI and Invoices on hold
- Oracle Requisitioner
- Preparation & Submission of quarterly VAT reclaims
- Support the Deputy CSM with funding profiles for local and UK expenditure.
- Budget Manager for Rent, Uniform and Stationery budgets
- Maintaining effective records
- Monitor exchange rates
- Support the Deputy CSM with wider forecasting data input.
Salaries and Pension Administration (20%)
- Day-to-day point of contact for Payroll Provider
- Engage with Payroll Provider for provision of necessary monthly Pay data for Local Staff
- Reporting ATP and Pension information
- Input Monthly Salary forecasting data into Oracle system
General (10%)
- Initial point of contact for local Procurement advice
- Back-up HR Oracle administration
Budget responsibility DKK 200,000.00
- At least 2 years’ experience in accounting and budget management
- Fluent in English and Danish, with great communication skills, both written and orally
- Experienced user of Microsoft Office
- Organised Self-starter
- Solution oriented
- Practical Procurement Experience
- Oracle experience
- Accounting qualification
- SharePoint Experience
This is a permanent, full-time contract.
The successful candidate will be subject to professional background check and security clearance.
The successful candidate must have pre-existing work authorization for Denmark in order to apply.
Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Copenhagen is subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Danish employment law.
Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.
We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.
Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.
This opportunity is closed to applications.