Senior Finance Officer

6 months ago


Taunton, United Kingdom Somerset Council Full time

**Some key information**
- This role offers hybrid working, allowing you to work either from home or from one of our offices
- For term time only posts, annual leave should normally be taken outside of term time.
- Take on a key role withing a small, supportive team providing financial support to schools and academies throughout Somerset
- This is a part time, term time only role - working 32 hours per week, 40 weeks per year.

**What will I be doing?**
Educational Financial Services (EFS) is a well-established team providing financial support to schools and academies throughout Somerset - and you’ll be a key part of that.

Your day-to-day work will involve:

- Advising key school and academy personnel in financial management and administration - you will be instrumental in providing financial support which is delivered both remotely and on site.
- Providing budget planning guidance, financial monitoring advice and training support to those schools and academies for whom you are the designated Senior Finance Officer.
- Liaising with corporate colleagues where additional analysis and investigative work is required to support schools in challenging financial situations.

**What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?**
We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

- Are a strong team player, able to work well during periods of increased workload pressure due to service demands.
- Have knowledge and experience of financial management in a school/academy setting.
- Are ICT literate including working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (Excel and Word)
- Have GCSEs in Maths and English - Minimum grade C/4 - or equivalent
- Have strong communication skills which enable you to interact confidently at all levels.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

**What's in it for me?**
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

- We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
- Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Staff discounts in gyms.
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
- Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
- A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
- My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

**Anything else I should know?**
The salary for the role is Grade 11, ranging from £23,529 to £26,363 per annum for 32 hours per week, 40 term time weeks per year.

**DBS information**
This job requires a criminal background check (DBS) via the Disclosure procedure

Job Reference: SCC04949



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