Senior Finance Officer Permanent
Senior Finance Officer Permanent
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31-07-2025
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Job Description
Permanent role with a Local Authority
Job Summary:
The Senior Finance Officer plays a pivotal role within the finance team delivering high-quality and comprehensive financial support across various council services.
Drawing on extensive technical expertise and experience the role involves leading financial activities resolving challenges and driving continuous process improvements.
The post holder supports Finance Managers and Deputy Chief Accountants and is responsible for coaching and developing junior colleagues to enhance team performance.
This role requires flexibility to work across different teams and ownership of specific finance processes to ensure consistency and efficiency.
Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample):
Lead and deliver specific finance service activities such as budget review corporate accounting financial planning and audit support.
Support either Corporate Accountancy (e.g. annual accounts audit queries VAT statutory returns) or Finance Business Partnering (e.g. budget monitoring savings proposals financial reconciliations).
Coach mentor and train colleagues to ensure consistent and high-quality service delivery.
Act as the first point of contact for service enquiries and resolve escalated financial issues effectively.
Champion continuous improvement promoting automation and efficiency within finance processes.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation financial practices and ICT tools to support automation and service enhancements.
Prioritise workload effectively keeping managers informed of potential impacts on deadlines or service standards.
Ensure compliance with council policies financial regulations and health and safety requirements.
Skills/Experience:
Proven accountancy experience within local authority public sector or not-for-profit finance teams ideally in financial accounting or business partnering.
Strong knowledge of local authority accounting statutory reporting year-end processes and audit requirements.
Excellent communication skills both oral and written with experience engaging senior stakeholders.
Advanced IT skills particularly Microsoft Excel and other Office packages.
Experience supporting organisational change and efficiency initiatives.
Ability to work accurately under pressure and to deadlines with high attention to detail.
Highly numerate and proactive in developing technical skills and knowledge.
Additional Information:
The closing date: 01/08/2025 @12:00.
Part or fully qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant and ICT technical experience.
Proven accountancy experience within local authority, public sector, or not-for-profit finance teams, ideally in financial accounting or business partnering. Strong knowledge of local authority accounting, statutory reporting, year-end processes, and audit requirements. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with experience engaging senior stakeholders. Advanced IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel and other Office packages. Experience supporting organisational change and efficiency initiatives. Ability to work accurately under pressure and to deadlines with high attention to detail. Highly numerate and proactive in developing technical skills and knowledge.
Education
Part or fully qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant, and ICT technical experience.
Employment Type
Full Time
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