Accounting Technician

Accounting Technician

Salary: Band: 8, £35,235 - £37,937 p.a

37 hours per week

Your New Role

Are you a qualified Accounting Technician with the ability to form good relationships and provide a first class service?

Within this role you will provide high quality financial management, professional advice and accountancy services to customers and key stakeholders within Portsmouth City Council. You will be involved in budget monitoring and forecasting, preparation of the final accounts and statutory financial statements plus other financial analysis as required. You will assist in providing analysis and support for a wide range of tasks, including a range of financial and contractual issues, interpreting legislation and applying financial regulations and codes of practice.

This role plays an important role in supporting the identifying cost and efficiency savings and you will assist other team members in driving the budget process for the Directorate.

What you'll need to succeed

You will be AAT qualified or CCAB equivalent, have good organisational skills in order to meet deadlines and be able to communicate effectively with staff at all levels. You will have experience of preparing budgets and the preparation of monthly accounts, financial monitoring and final annual accounts.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

About Portsmouth City Council

What we can offer you:

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council

Application process:

Please read the full job profile for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.

When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Closing date: 13 May 2025

Interviews will be held on the 21 May 2025

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800