Finance Apprentice

**Want to be fluent in Finance? Together we’ll make a great team**

**Role Snapshot**Do you have a passion for numbers, are you good with money, do you have good attention to detail, and an appetite to provide high levels of customer service? If you enjoy working in a team environment which really does help to make a difference to your local area. then read on.

**What you could be part of**

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who has an eye for accuracy and attention to detail to join our busy finance team.

Working with the Finance Team, you will gain experience across a wide range of Financial functions whilst supporting the organisation to maintain and improve its financial performance.

Working at the Council enables you to be part of an organisation which is proud to deliver high-quality, customer focussed services. Our success comes from us being commercially astute and business-like. Continuous improvement is also vital, and we challenge ourselves to develop new and innovative ways to improve the services that make a real difference to people’s lives.

**What you’ll be doing **
- Deal with aspects of Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger activity including maintenance of customer and supplier records, raising and processing invoices, credit notes and refunds, posting receipts.
- Monitor and assist in the resolution of customer and supplier queries by liaising with service departments.
- Reconcile Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger control accounts as well as other reconciliations across the finance department.
- Support the maintenance of Financial systems including the addition of new users and deletion of leavers and daily and monthly processes.
- Support the Finance Business Partners providing day to day management accounting, including posting journals, investigating discrepancies, monthly budget monitoring and attending meetings with budget holders, in order to ensure the financial information within the organisation is timely and accurate and in accordance with legislation.
- Support the Finance Business Partners to provide financial expertise to influence and support Directorate management teams in their decision making and to highlight business performance improvement opportunities.
- Undertake basic year end closedown tasks in accordance with the year end timetable.
- Support the Capital Accountant to account for capital transaction and non-current assets in accordance with legislation and maintain the fixed asset registers.
- Support the Accountancy Assistants with the preparation and submission of monthly VAT returns and notifications to tax on properties.
- Support the Accountancy Assistants with basic reconciliations
- Ensure that working procedures are implemented and fully documented at all times and are kept up to date.
- Strive for continuous improvement of processes and procedures operating in an innovative and cost effective manner identifying and actioning efficiencies where appropriate.

**You must have **

Good problem solving skills, communication skills, be able to work under direction, being responsible for your own work and the ability to undertake a broad range of administrative work in a variety of environments. You may occasionally be required to present to stakeholders such as corporate managers.

**What’s in it for you**

**Why Work For Us?**

Do you want to know more about why our staff work for us? Our website has a fantastic why work for us section where our staff tell us what makes working for the Councils so special.

**What Flexible and Agile Working Arrangements do we Offer?**

The Councils understand the importance of operating a work life balance in the modern world. The Councils operate a flexible working policy and agile working options available for employees where operationally possible.

**What Roles Do the Councils Offer?**

The Councils operate a vast and diverse number of services for our residents, so with this comes a vast and diverse amount of job roles within the Councils. Our website has a great graphic showing all our job families and roles within the Councils. From here you can plan your career with the Councils or get some ideas on other roles that you may be interested in.

**What Benefits do our Employees Receive?**

View all our amazing staff benefits on offer for our employees. Our website has a brilliant benefits section allowing you to see the range of discounts, exclusive offers and total rewards our employees receive. Make sure you stop by to find out more information.

**What Employer Accreditations do we Hold?**

The Councils have a range of employer accreditations that we have worked very hard to achieve. Our website has a full descriptive list of all our current accreditations and what this means for our employees.

**What Wellbeing Support do our Staff Have Access to?**

The Councils want to ensure all our employees have a safe comfortable place to work, ensuring that employees feel empowered to actively manage their own we