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Permanent, Full time

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£45441 - £48474

37.0 hours per week


Are you a talented and enthusiastic part AAT/CCAB qualified accountant?

You will be responsible for supporting Adults Services, whilst also supporting the Senior and Strategic Finance Business Partner in the effective management and control of the annual revenue budget, the Council’s Medium-Term Financial Strategy, the capital programme, and the overall control environment with focus on strong financial governance.

For an informal discussion on the role, please contact Strategic Finance Business Partner: maria.idoine@northnorthants.gov.uk  

Shortlisting: W/c 4th November

Interviews W/c 11th November

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising that you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

  • a competitive salary
  • a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
  • lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
  • generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
  • hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

 

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

What will you be doing?

You will support budget holders in financial planning and budget modelling for different scenarios. Ensuring accurate and timely budget monitoring including risk appraisals.

You will develop financial systems and processes to ensure robust governance whilst also bringing in new methods of working through the use of business and operational process improvements.

You’ll be supporting the production of the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) and Capital Strategy and  the development of improved financial awareness of budget managers and staff through the development and delivery of management training.

About you

You will be CCAB part qualified /AAT qualified /equivalent or have significant financial experience with an understanding of how local government works including the complexities and challenges it faces.

You’ll be enthusiastic, innovative and driven with up to date knowledge of accounting policy such as IFRS, CIPFA codes of practice.

You be able to demonstrate the ability to work in partnership with private, public and voluntary organisations.  be driven and have initiative and confidence.

You will be experienced in analysing and addressing complex issues.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status. 

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)

 


Closing date: Thu 31/10/2024 at 23:59
Job reference: Ref/2064/5293
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