As an Accountant Co-Ordinator in the Finance Team, you'll oversee financial helpdesk, review financial management processes, coordinate training, and provide financial management support to directorates.
Requirements
- AAT qualified or working towards CCAB (e.g CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA) or evidence of equivalent knowledge and skills.
- Brings creativity into their work through innovation and actively embraces change.
- Proactively identify and solve problems with limited management guidance.
- Proven experience of remaining calm under pressure
- Actively build and maintain a network of contacts in key positions.
- Good understanding of local government operations and accounting practice and the need to be politically aware in a local government environment.
- Evidence of very good verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to plan and prioritise work to achieve deadlines.
- Proven experience in leading others in objectively reviewing working practices and procedures in order to make improvements and efficiencies.
- Advanced excel skills and the ability to extract information from multiple data sets
Benefits
- Up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
- Membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
- Performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
- Training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
- A variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
- Diverse and active staff networks
- Flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day