Grant Verification Officer

Your new company
Hays are delighted to be working with this wonderful public sector organisation to recruit for a Grant Verification Officer for a period of 6 months with possible extension.
Your new role

• Ensure expenditure incurred is eligible, actual and consistent with the project concerned and monitor verification of expenditure against budgets.
• Complete verification forms, and produce verification reports as necessary, highlighting areas of non-compliance or potentially ineligible expenditure, detailing irregularities that will need reported to management for recovery action.
• Ensure that projects comply with descriptions given in grant applications; confirm compliance with contract conditions and verify grant funding has been used as specified in the Letter of Offer.
• Design and tailor the nature and the scope of verification work to address the size and nature of projects and uncover and address irregularities.

What you'll need to succeed
1. A minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent (Grade C or above), including Maths and English.
2. A minimum of 2 years’ experience carrying out verification or audit of expenditure.
OR
A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in financial accounting.
OR
A minimum of 2 years’ experience conducting payroll processing.
3.A minimum of 2 years’ experience reviewing financial processes and / or controls.
4.Experience liaising with multiple stakeholders to achieve a positive outcome.
5.Experience of working with MS Office packages, in particular MS Excel
What you'll get in return
•25 plus 12 bank holidays
•3–6 months with possible extension
•37 per week
•£15.91 per hour (£30,721 per annum)
•Immediate start
•Car parking available nearby
•Hybrid working :2 days in the office and 3 days from home
•Flexi working

What you need to do now
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