Wychavon District Council is a great place to work, with high levels of resident satisfaction and motivated staff who enjoy working with us. Located in South Worcestershire the district boasts a beautiful natural environment, a rich heritage and plenty to do and see.

We pride ourselves on being a progressive organisation who spends time and energy on what we know matters to our residents and communities – things like creating jobs, keeping the streets clean, helping people feel safe and preventing homelessness.

Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and as a result we are always looking to recruit, develop and retain the very best talent we can find.  That's why, as well as a rewarding career, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as:

* Agile Working (40% minimum office based)

* Excellent pension scheme

* Generous annual leave entitlement

* Options to purchase additional annual leave

* Regular job-specific training

* Discounted Gym and swim membership

* Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services

* Free annual flu vaccinations

* Health and Wellbeing support

* Cycle to Work scheme

* Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and

* Kaarp discount scheme which provides a range of employee discounts for days out and holidays

THE ROLE

Finance Officer

£22,571 to £24,920 per annum

Agile working with a 40% minimum office based.

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and self-motivated person with good communication skills to join our hard-working and friendly team. We will support you through your AAT training and you will have scope to work alongside and support front-line budget managers.

You will be providing day-to-day financial support and advice to front-line managers, you will be assisting with the preparation of budgets, year end closure of accounts and assisting with budget monitoring throughout the year.

As will all roles with the Council we look for employees to demonstrate commitment to delivering the Council's values of great customer service, openness and accountability, innovation and improvement and fairness and respect.

We also seek candidates who will be responsible for championing and demonstrating the Council’s Leadership Behaviour Framework by inspiring, communicating, collaborating and empowering self and others and leading by example.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

We are looking a for a candidate with:

* 5 GCSE’s to include English and Mathematics at grade A – C (or equivalent).

* At least 2 years’ experience in an administrative role which includes some financial elements, in a busy office environment.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE 

• Excellent communication skills
• Working towards AAT qualification desirable
• IT literate with experience of using Windows based software packages
• Preferably local government finance experience
• Ability to work under pressure with accuracy and attention to detail.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

To discuss the post or for further information, please call Steve Smith (Team Leader Service Unit Support) on 01386 565516 or Alice Mason (Head of Financial Services) on 01386 565501

Closing date: 13 July 2022

Interview date:  21 July 2022

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