Professional Finance Support Across Strategic Operations
Six opportunities have arisen for Senior Finance Officers to join both the Corporate & Strategic Finance and Management Accounting teams within a major Yorkshire public sector organisation. These roles offer the chance to undertake complex accountancy work whilst supporting and advising services across the organisation.
The Role
As a Senior Finance Officer, you'll provide a professional finance and management information service to services and departments throughout the Council, ensuring principles of best value, value for money and risk management are embedded in service delivery.
You'll undertake complex pieces of accountancy work, supporting and advising services in achieving their objectives. This isn't just number-crunching ā you'll be a trusted advisor to budget managers, helping them understand financial information and make sound operational decisions.
Your work will cover both financial accounting and management accounting areas, giving you broad exposure to different aspects of local government finance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Working with Budget Managers to identify potential pressures and savings
- Anticipating and identifying financial issues affecting the business
- Contributing to monthly meetings to challenge and scrutinise monitoring figures
- Undertaking service analysis to support year-end position and accounts
- Contributing to financial modelling of new services or changes
- Supporting Budget Managers during budget preparation, monitoring and year-end
- Researching and maintaining specialised knowledge in various financial disciplines
- Preparing, analysing and interpreting financial and service performance information
- Representing Finance Manager on internal working groups and project teams
About You You're AAT qualified or part qualified ACCA / CIMA / CIPFA / ACA or hold an equivalent professional qualification, with at least three years' practical experience. You're comfortable dealing with stakeholders at all levels across various disciplines, and you have the communication skills to explain complex financial information clearly.
You have experience of:
- Preparing reports and maintaining financial systems and procedures
- Working collaboratively with service officers who may have limited financial skills
- Staff management or supervision
- Effective time management
You're persuasive and can work independently or as part of a team. You have a high level of numeracy and literacy, and you're accurate in your work ā essential when dealing with complex financial information that informs major decisions.
This is a hybrid role based in West Yorkshire with c2 -3 days per week anticipated to be in the office.
What Makes This Role Special These roles offer excellent development opportunities. You'll be working across different areas of the organisation, building your knowledge of both financial accounting and management accounting. You'll gain exposure to complex financial activities including corporate projects, and multi-disciplinary working parties.
The organisation values professional development, and these roles provide a clear pathway to progress your finance career within public sector. You'll be part of a supportive team whilst having the autonomy to build relationships with budget managers across the organisation.
The Package- Salary: cĀ£40,000
- Hybrid working arrangements (in office as required with flexibility)
- Defined benefit Public Sector Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Comprehensive CPD and professional development support
- Broad exposure across financial and management accounting
Please get in touch or apply with your most up to date CV for more information.