Job Description

This opportunity is to join a large Finance Team that is well respected across the Council and takes great pride in delivering an effective financial strategy that is supporting innovation & creativity, and driving effective financial management. The Chief Accountant Team has a focus on Financial Reporting for Capital and Revenue expenditure.

This Finance Officer role will provide key support to the Chief Accountant, the immediate Team and the wider Finance Team on a variety of tasks and projects. You will work alongside two other Finance Officers and report into the Chief Accountant. Your work will follow several key strands outlined in the job description. The main two are completing organizational financial returns as well as contributing to the completion and audit of the Statutory Accounts. There is also key work on liaison with our Tax & VAT Advisors and assisting where necessary with queries.

Benefits

It really is true that every single job role here contributes to bettering the lives of the people in our county - we want to do this for our employees too. We are proud of our strong flexible working culture, including the opportunity for flexibility on working hours and the use of technology to support agile working. We offer some of the best learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development.

We have a generous holiday allowance which rises as you remain in employment with us up to 32 days, as well as giving you the option to buy additional holiday. You will also have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 19.9% of your salary; a range of local and national retail discounts; and a host of enhanced family friendly policies including careers leave and paid time off for volunteering.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You will be a person who likes the attention to detail of completing financial returns. Being highly effective using Microsoft Excel will be a great advantage. We are also on a learning journey – so we want to critically appraise how we go about tasks and look to make efficiencies as well as documenting what we do. You will be able to demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team and also on your own. You will be able to show an ability to develop relationships across a range of ‘customers’ across the Council.