Finance Officer Warwick, West Midlands, England
Job description
About Us and the Role
Warwickshire County Council are seeking to recruit a permanent Finance Officer in the Operational Finance Delivery Team supporting Communities & Resources Services.
The role, line managed by a Senior Accountant and supervised by an Accountant, is part of a team which 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 also supports the County Council’s financial framework processes by providing services with financial information to enable the preparation of medium financial plans, annual budgets, monthly budget monitoring/forecasting and year end closedown.
As well as monitoring and forecasting, budget setting and planning year end processes and reporting, the role will support Accountants in providing financial input to procurement and the evaluation of financial tenders, the financial implications in reports and the financial aspects of projects and business cases including costing and option appraisals.
The role is key to ensuring that appropriate challenge and assurance is provided by the Finance Service whilst also delivering to services financial information that adds value to their decision making and business planning processes.
For the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click on the link below:
Finance Officer
For further information about the role, please contact Sarah Pittaway by emailing [email protected] or calling 01926 738852.
Additional Information
Minimum 22.2hrs per week or a maximum of 29.6 hours per week.
Closing Date: 28th September 2023
Interview Date: 9th and 10th October 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
