Finance Officer

**About Barnet Council**

Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Our excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces, and diverse communities all help make it a wonderful place to live and work. As a council we want to build on these strengths as we move into the future. We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with partner organisations and residents to make Barnet even better. As an organisation, our staff are committed to Our Values: Caring, Learning to Improve, Inclusive, Collaborate.

**About Finance**

We are committed to delivering for our residents by supporting our service areas to make sound financial decisions and utilising our resources in a sustainable way to ensure the high-quality services offered in Barnet can be maintained.

We do this by hiring talented customer focused staff, investing in continuous development and creating a culture that empowers our people. We believe by doing this our staff will ultimately support residents by being sound financial stewards, create value to customers as trusted advisors and lead in continuous improvement within the department and wider Council. Finance in Barnet is diverse department includes Business Partnering, Exchequer, Treasury and Pensions, Major Projects to name a few.

**About the role**

This role is a 18 month fixed-term contract.

As a finance officer you will be responsible for the administration of financial processes and support systems, providing support to service areas and management on accounts receivable/payable in relation to technical, operational and financial management matters. In support of finance managers, this role is integral to enabling transparency and efficiency in all transactions. Through the pursuit of some of your duties you may be required to deal directly with our residents and businesses, rendering you an ambassador not only for the service, but for the Council as a whole

**About you**
- Contribute towards the development and implementation of the Council’s financial
strategy
- Work closely with all stakeholders to ensure best use of limited financial resources,
providing support where needed
- Identify financial risks and opportunities as and when they arise, inform finance
managers and collectively consider options to mitigate risks or exploit opportunities
- Produce reports from Integra and other peripheral systems to support in-year
monitoring, year-end and statutory reporting
- Prepare audit working papers for assigned areas and ensure these comply with audit
requirements
- Undertake general finance and administration tasks including maintaining shared
folders, intranet pages, filing bank statements, raising POs, cheques and manual
payments
- CCAB (preferably CIPFA), CIMA, CFA, ACT foundations stage (stage 1) completed or equivalent
- Experience using Oracle - Desirable

**What we offer**
- 30 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
- Access to the**_ _**_Local Government Pension Scheme_**_, _**which provides a valuable guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
- Work-life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part-time
- A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
- Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Employee well
- being training programs including confidential employee assistance

**How to apply**
- Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures._