Suffolk County Council

Finance Officer

Suffolk County Council

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Norwich • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £39,862 - £41,771 per year

About the role

  • Work closely with services to support day to day budgeting and accounting requirements
  • Work on a range of transformational change projects
  • Maintain a high standard of professional accounting, ensuring finances and budgets are transparent and accurate
  • Support Adult Social Care initially

Requirements

  • AAT qualified or part-qualified at CCAB level
  • Proven background as a Finance Officer or similar, working as part of a finance team
  • Competent providing both management and financial accounting functions
  • Comfortable analysing financial and non-financial data
  • Experience supporting budget holders and their decision making
  • Keen to contribute towards the continual improvement and evolution of the finance function.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Generous holiday entitlement
  • Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
  • Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
  • Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
budgetingaccountingmanagement accountingfinancial accountingdata analysis
Soft Skills
team collaborationdecision makingcontinuous improvement
Certifications
AAT qualifiedCCAB level