Gloucestershire County Council

Finance Officer

Gloucestershire County Council

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Gloucester • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £30,024 - £32,597 per year

About the role

  • Financial Accuracy – Reconcile bank transactions and ensure smooth transfer of data into our SAP financial accounting system.
  • Contribution Management - Check and record monthly employer returns, resolve queries, and maintain strong relationships with employers and payroll providers.
  • Governance & Compliance - Assist in maintaining accurate financial information that will assist effective management decision making and comply with statutory regulations and good governance arrangements.
  • Payments & Debt Recovery - Assist in the prompt payment of invoices received within the Fund from external partners, together with the raising of invoices from the Fund to employers, and recharging costs of services provided.
  • Reporting & Returns - Assist with statutory financial returns and provide timely accurate information for management and regulatory bodies as required.
  • Investment Oversight - Assist in the effective monitoring and tracking of the Fund’s investment portfolio and provide appropriate financial information as required, and assist in the tracking ESG metrics, including carbon footprint reporting, to help the Fund achieve our sustainability goals.

Requirements

  • A full accounting technician qualification or part qualified AAT (or equivalent) but is actively seeking to be fully qualified.
  • An attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy.
  • Excellent IT skills, being a competent user of Microsoft excel (i.e.- v-lookups/pivots/sumifs)
  • A positive can-do attitude with an appetite to learn.
  • A friendly approach to collaborative working with the ability to work independently.
Benefits
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
  • An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
  • Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
  • Career development and qualification opportunities
  • Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
  • Access to generous defined benefit pension scheme (the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), which we administer)
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
  • An in-house Occupational Health service
  • Employee discount scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
  • Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
financial reconciliationdata transferstatutory financial returnsinvoice processingdebt recoveryinvestment monitoringESG metrics trackingcarbon footprint reportingattention to detailaccuracy
Soft skills
commitment to accuracypositive attitudewillingness to learncollaborative workingindependent work
Certifications
accounting technician qualificationpart qualified AAT