View Vacancy - KL - Finance Officer, AO
Main purpose of job:
The main purpose of this job is to work with the Corporate Services and Finance Manager to lead on our Purchase2Pay (P2P) process and OneHMG re-chargeable service platform at Post to ensure the British High Commission is fully audit compliant and our budgets are in good order.
You will do this by supporting our Finance Manager in reconciling our budget lines by completing relevant journal reversals etc and lead on administering our accounts receivable lines generating receipts, debit memos and miscellaneous receipts to insure all income received is accounted for and recorded accurately ensuring 100% accuracy and compliance with FCDO guidelines.
You are also responsible in payroll processing, ensuring all data are recorded accurately on related platforms.
In order to do this job successfully you will need to work alongside our colleagues to ensure that all budget lines are accurate and reflect spend and income.
Where appropriate you will be responsible for helping train others in the P2P process at Post and lead on BHC’s financial compliance, in order to do so you will need to develop good relationships across all teams at the High Commission and be open to helping and supporting colleagues through our internal financial platform.
Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:
An internal understanding of the FCO’s financial and procurement compliance processes.
- Lead on Purchase to Pay (P2P) and Expense process at Post and ensure compliance with internal procurement process;
- Complete reconciliation forms to manage accounts payable and receivable
- Reconciling our Payment Register with invoices paid
- Maintain and update Post on any changes to P2P process; act as local advisor on processes, working with regional Finance Hub.
- Support training where appropriate
Oversight of the OneHMG charging mechanism
- Calculate charges for our Partners, generating appropriate invoices and receiving money appropriately
- Ensure moneys received are recorded appropriately physically and on financial platforms.
- Completing appropriate journal requests where appropriate to ensure budgets are accurately reflected
- Supporting the Finance Manager ensuring the process is running smoothly
Payroll Processing
- Ensure payroll are processed according to rules and regulations of Malaysia, including but not limited to platform updates while ensuring three layer checking process within CS is done accordingly.
- Key contact for all payroll related government bodies- EPF, LHDN, Perkeso.
- The ability to maintain P&C data and documents are crucial.
As required:
- Working with the Residence to support the Accounts Receivable process.
- Ensure that Regional Hub team receive the correct documentation for Finance & Procurement related matters, including details of payments made for invoices, Supplier forms, payment requests, and assist with any queries.
- Support Finance Manager on local Finance related projects.
- Good record keeping.
- Other Finance ad-hoc where appropriate.
Good relationships across the British High Commission and with our financial Hub in Manila and Finance Team is essential for successful delivery of this job.
- Accounting and/or financial experience, Excel efficiency
- Malaysian payroll experience
- Bahasa fluency
- Experience with financial platform e.g OACS
Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):
The British High Commission offers a competitive remuneration package, benefits, leave entitlement of 20 days per annum (calculated on pro rata basis) and a range of learning and development opportunities including courses, access to significant on line training materials and on the job learning and development opportunities.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is committed to developing its staff, working hard to provide a comprehensive learning and development offer. Staff have access to a wide variety of online resources through the Diplomatic Academy and Civil Service Learning. Staff are strongly encouraged to take advantage of all the available opportunities.
The job-holder will be required to take some specific training courses related to their role. All new staff undertake a workplace induction and there are a number of mandatory e-learning courses covering areas such as diversity, health and safety, and information management.
In addition to formal training, collaboration with a wide range of colleagues will deliver on-the-job learning experiences, including
- Working in a diplomatic mission;
- Understanding how UK international development assistance is managed / implemented;
- Understanding effective programme management (including Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation, and Learning).
Working patterns:
Normal working hours are 36.5 per week. BHC Kuala Lumpur supports and promotes flexible working as a crucial part of our inclusive offering, and is committed to staff maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Please note that your application must be submitted before 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.
Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.
All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.
Only shortlisted candidates for interview will be contacted. Interviewees will be assessed on the core behaviours/qualifications listed above. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified via the system in due time. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 6 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate”.
Indicated start date is provisional and subject to successful completion of reference and security checks.
Kindly check your application centre or email regularly for any update on the status of your application.
To those applicants not short-listed, we extend our appreciation for considering the British Government as a potential employer.
This opportunity is closed to applications.
