Finance Officer

2 weeks ago


Halifax, United Kingdom Calderdale Council Full time

Application closing date
18/05/2023
- Location
Halifax
- Salary
Scale 6 - SO1/SO2, SCP 18-28, £27,344 - £34,723 per annum
- Package
37 hours per week, permanent
- Job category/type
Council
- Job description**Post Ref: CC600**

The Finance Service provides a range of financial services to all areas of the Council and also directly to the public and external organisations including schools. Due to recent retirements and promotions the service is looking to recruit a Finance Officer to support Corporate Accounting and an overall team of 41 staff, based in 4 Directorate Finance Teams, Schools Finance Team, Central Accounting Team and a Direct Payment/Individual Service Fund Audit Team.

Staff within Corporate Accounting provide guidance and financial advice support to all areas of the Council and schools and carry out work in a number of areas including revenue and capital monitoring, grants claims, completion of government returns, updating assistant the budget setting process and the Council’s medium term financial plans, annual budgets and production of the Council’s statutory financial statements.

The post will initially support the Schools to provide strategic duties the Local Authority is required to carry out for both maintained schools and academies. This will include providing a finance service to a maintained schools, administrating the staff sickness, completion of government returns, payment of government grants to schools, auditing and paying VAT on behalf of schools and reconciling the individual school accounts to the Local Authority Financial Ledger. The post will also be required to provide support to all teams within Corporate Accounting.

Teams within Corporate Accounting comprise of a Finance Manager, Senior Finance Officers, Finance Officers and Trainee Finance Officers. The postholders will be required to help supervise some colleagues under the direction of senior colleagues in the team. Although staff will largely work from home, they are also required to attend meetings in Princess Buildings, Halifax and schools within Calderdale.

The posts offer an exciting opportunity to further a career in a financial environment, and the service is looking to recruit experienced and highly motivated individuals with the ability to analyse, interpret and evaluate financial information and work with a high degree of accuracy. The postholder will also be required to pay attention to detail, organise their own workload or work as part of a team, and utilise a variety of financial and other IT based systems and packages.

The service will support staff who wish to attain Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting qualifications.

Employees of the Council enjoy a comprehensive reward and benefits package, which includes a generous contributory pension scheme, between 29 and 31 days holiday entitlement with an additional 5 days after 5 years, plus 8 bank holidays and access to a wide range of retail discounts and lifestyle savings.

**Closing Date: 18th May 2023**
Interview Date: TBC

We may utilise digital interview methods.

On 30 January 2019, the Council declared a climate emergency in a bold move to step up its action to tackle climate change.

We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date, an early submission is advised.


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