Overview

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Location: HMP Perth

Pay Band: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site

Salary: £26,820 – £30,700

Closing Date: 2024-04-08

Hours of Work: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site

Job Purpose:

The post holder is responsible for the administration and management of State and prisoner owned funds within HMP Perth. This requires processing, updating and reconciling multi systems including the SPS’s financial management systems, stock systems and internet banking.  The post holder will also be responsible for ensuring all monies are recorded and allocated in accordance with local practise and compliant to SPS Financial Policy and Guidance. 

With an emphasis on transactional processing by various teams, it is essential that efficient procedures support the high volume of transactions that this busy prison generates on a daily basis.  Robust assurance procedures and strict financial controls must be adhered to ensure the accurate processing of data. The post holder will be actively involved in all month end reconciliations, including the canteen stock balances, PR2 and Agresso financial reconciliations and prisoner phone account balances. The post-holder will, on occasion, be required to help out in other areas of the finance function, i.e. the prisoner canteen, the criminal office and the general store. 

Responsibilities:

Process all bank and cash transactions and complete daily reconciliations of cash in hand and State and Prisoner Funds general ledger accounts; ensuring that the principle of separation of Prisoner Funds from State funds is complied with at all times.

Complete daily, weekly and monthly reconciliations and analysis, including schedule of losses, ensuring that all completed returns are ready for approval by the establishment’s Finance Manager within the agreed timescales.

Review cashbook payments including travel & subsistence claims are compliant to SPS policies and process through the SPS financial system (Agresso), bank and cash account (including internet banking) and the appropriate independent financial systems used by the SPS. 

Manage and keep secure bank and cash accounts for State, prisoner owned funds to ensure reasonable balances are kept to meet the operational requirements of the prison. 

Provide assurance for the propriety of cash locally held, ensuring the establishment is compliant with financial policy and guidance and audit requirements are met at all times.   

Person Specification

SPS recruitment and selection practice is based on the fundamentals of our Behavioural Competency Framework. This identifies behaviours and standards required both of applicants seeking to join us, and our staff in their respective roles. Assessment of specific behaviours, of which there are twelve, will be determined by the role you are applying for. Whilst it is unlikely you will be assessed on all of them , you will be assessed on these identified as key to role.

Qualifications Requirements

Minimum of five National 5 (or equivalent) qualifications including English and Mathematics or at least six months relevant experience gained in a similar role and/ or environment.

Essential

Experience Requirements

Knowledge Skills Requirements

Experience of processing data within a financial management system.

Desirable

Experience of cash handling and reconciliation of balances.

Essential

Experience of processing bank transactions and completions bank reconciliation.

Desirable

Good numeracy skills, including the ability to interrogate and analyse a wide range of data.

Essential

Selection Methods Please refer to full job description on SPS career site.

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