finance associate Warwick, West Midlands, England
Job description
Reporting to the Senior Accountant, this role is part of a busy, dedicated team supporting front-line customer focused managers. The team provides high quality financial advice and support to senior managers and cost centre managers in relation to their financial responsibilities, both revenue and capital. It includes supporting the County Council's financial framework processes by providing service financial information to enable the preparation of medium-term financial plans, annual budgets, monthly budget monitoring/forecasting and year end closedown. This role is key to ensuring that appropriate challenge and assurance is provided by the finance service whilst also delivering sound financial information that adds value to their decision making and business planning processes.
We are looking for an appropriately AAT qualified or experienced finance professional who can:
- Support and provide a range of financial, technical, and administrative functions e.g. forecasting, budget setting, closure of accounts.
- independently interpret and analyse varied and complex information or situations and produce solutions
- communicate, in person and/or in writing, complicated or sensitive information with varied audiences
- work under pressure including meeting unpredictable deadlines and dealing with conflicting demands
- lead on the development of the financial aspects of policy/service practice meeting the requirements of specific services
For the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click on the link below:
Finance Officer
For an informal chat about this role please contact Julia Foster – Senior Accountant, Children & Families at [email protected] or call 01926 742463 or if internal via TEAMS
Additional Information
Closing Date: 10th August 2023
Interview Date: 23rd August 2023
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
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Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so.
If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on [email protected] including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.
As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [email protected] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more
