Finance, control and administration
Records and controls financial flows and turns figures into management information and advice, distinguished by demonstrable accuracy and rule compliance weighing heavier than speed.
Example roles: financial controller, business controller, assistant accountant, bookkeeper, finance administrator, finance manager
Base profile of the family
Every job in this family inherits this profile and deviates from it with a limited number of additions, adjustments and removals. The target levels below apply to the medior level.
| T | Skill | Target level | Weight | Knockout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | Financial administration | N4 | 5 | yes |
| V | Controlling and management information | N4 | 5 | yes |
| V | Budgeting and cost control | N4 | 5 | yes |
| T | Spreadsheets and worksheets | N4 | 4 | yes |
| V | Quantitative interpretation | N4 | 5 | yes |
| G | Accuracy and attention to detail | N4 | 5 | no |
| V | Preparing annual accounts | N3 | 4 | no |
| K | Reading and interpreting financial reports | N4 | 4 | no |
| A | Numerical reasoning | N4 | 4 | no |
| V | Business reporting | N3 | 4 | no |
| G | integrity and dependability | N4 | 4 | no |
| V | Audit and internal control | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Business case and investment analysis | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Invoicing and accounts receivable | N3 | 3 | no |
| K | Applying basic tax knowledge | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Reporting and dashboard building | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Methodical working | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Problem analysis | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Advisory skill | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Risk management | N3 | 3 | no |
| G | Discipline and keeping commitments | N3 | 3 | no |
| K | Treasury and working capital management | N2 | 1 | no |
| V | Process automation | N2 | 2 | no |
| G | Managing workload pressure | N3 | 2 | no |
Seniority adjustment
These values are added to every target level of the family and then clamped to 1 to 5.
Jobs 26
Processes and checks purchase invoices, matches them to orders and receipts, prepares payment runs and liaises with suppliers about discrepancies.
Monitors outstanding receivables, runs the dunning process, arranges payment plans and reduces payment terms and bad debt.
Prepares annual accounts for clients of an accountancy firm under supervision, processes administrations and performs reconciliations and review procedures.
Supports the controller in preparing reports and analyses, gathers and checks source data and prepares parts of the month end close.
Prepares invoices based on orders or contracts, checks rates and quantities and sends invoices to customers on time according to the agreed cycle.
Runs the complete bookkeeping for one or more entities, prepares vat returns and period closings and delivers the basis for the annual accounts.
Connects financial analysis to business decisions, builds business cases and forecasts and advises the board and managers on returns and investments.
Audits or compiles annual accounts, issues an opinion or report and advises companies on reporting, taxation and internal control.
Sets the financial policy of the company, holds ultimate responsibility for reporting, financing and risk control and accounts to shareholders and supervisory bodies.
Turns the financial records into periodic reports, budgets and analyses and advises management on costs, margins and corrective action.
Estimates and monitors the costs of technical projects, compares budget with actual spending and flags cost overruns during execution.
Processes incoming and outgoing invoices, bank transactions and journal entries in the accounting system and maintains the day to day financial records.
Leads the finance function, is responsible for reporting, budget, liquidity and compliance and advises the board on financial policy.
Analyses financial and operational data, builds models and forecasts and delivers substantiated insight for investment, pricing and cost decisions.
Is responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting, the period close, the annual accounts and the internal controls around them.
Monitors the financial progress of projects, prepares project reports and flags variances between budget and actuals to project leaders and management.
Processes grant applications and accountability reports, tracks spending conditions and deadlines and supplies files for review by the grant provider.
Leads the financial administration, safeguards the closing calendar and the quality of records and improves administrative processes and systems.
Examines whether processes, records and controls operate as intended, reports findings and advises on improving internal control.
Performs periodic checks on administrative processes and files, establishes whether procedures are followed and tracks the follow up of findings.
Enters changes, hours and expense claims for the payroll run, checks source data and answers basic employee questions about their payslip.
Runs the monthly payroll, applies collective agreements, tax rules and social security legislation and prepares filings and payroll reconciliations.
Processes purchase orders, contracts and item data in the system, checks deliveries against orders and keeps supplier and price data up to date.
Maps the organisation's financial and operational risks, proposes control measures and reports the risk position to management and oversight bodies.
Advises on corporate income tax, value added tax and wage taxes, prepares filings and positions and manages discussions with the tax authorities.
Manages liquidity, bank relations and payment traffic, produces cash forecasts and supports financing, interest and currency positions of the company.