Finance Officer

3 weeks ago


Yate, United Kingdom South Gloucestershire Council Full time

**How you'll make a difference**:
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As a Finance Officer, you will be supporting the delivery of a range of quality and cost effective financial management and budgets within Property Services including fee income.

**This is a Limited Term Contract position for 16 months**

**What will you be doing**
- You will be the key point of contact for budget holders and be responsible for the preparation of budget monitoring information for the Property division’s overall budget.
- In the role you will ensure that all costs are recovered from tenants occupying the Council’s property in accordance with relevant leases, licenses etc.
- In liaison with professional staff across Property Services, you will be responsible for the monitoring of fee income, that this is charged correctly and recorded appropriately and that timesheets are submitted.
- You will be preparing detailed project cost reports to support the development of quarterly capital monitors and raising orders for authorisation by relevant managers, undertake financial vetting and manage grants.
- You will be responsible for ensuring prompt follow up on requests that are received from both internal and external customers.
- It is essential that you use your own initiative, developing and prioritising your work to meet set deadlines. You will also manage your own time to ensure key deadlines are met.

**What we need from you**:
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- We require you to be qualified, or working towards Accounting Technician Association, or have bookkeeping and accountancy experience and knowledge of financial systems.
- It is essential that you have knowledge and experience of working in an organisation that delivers a range of quality and cost-effective financial management and financial support services.
- You must have experience of working in a team to deliver a quality and cost-effective financial management and financial support services and of preparing financial and budget information (revenue and capital) for budget holders.
- You will have good interpersonal skills to establish a positive relationship with a wide variety of stakeholders with the ability to demonstrate clear and logical thinking in assessing challenges and problem solving
- We require you to have good numeracy and literacy skills and be familiar with report writing, presentations and IT skills
- You must have the ability to work with competing demands and deliver to deadlines and work on your own initiative and prioritise your workload effectively.

**How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different**:
***
- We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that **work/life balance.**:

- We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our **training and development **offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.

Our teams at South GloucestershireCouncil are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work, and learn here.
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
- We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
- We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

**We’re making a difference, be part of it**

**Salary From**:

- £32,020

**Salary To**:

- £34,723

**Hours per week**:

- 37

**Vacancy type**:

- LTC

**Location**:

- Yate

**Team**:

- Property Services

**Advertising End Date**:

- 16 Jul 2023


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