This is an exciting time to join our Fund Accounting and Investment team in the Pensions Service at West Northamptonshire Council. We oversee assets worth over 8bn, with more than 140,000 members and 700 employers across two Local Government Pension Funds. As a new local authority, created in April 2021, there're plenty of opportunity to shape our processes to provide excellent service to Finance directorate.
You'll work closely with our Team Leaders and Pension Services Financial Manager to ensure every transaction in the general ledger is accurate and timely. Your expertise will help maintain and monitor the ledger, and you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the creation of year-end financial statements - making a real impact on our financial success.
You don’t need experience across all aspects of the job as that will form part of your development journey but you will need experience of good working knowledge of financial planning and control; ability to analyse complex financial issues in order to provide sound, reliable and professional advice.
You’ll need to have a solutions driven and adaptable approach to working, thrive in a busy environment with a positive approach to challenges!
Ideally you will have previous experience with communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, with colleagues and members of senior management team. You should be able to demonstrate effective use of Office 365 (incl. Teams, OneDrive, etc.) and ERP system, or be willing to undertake training during the probation period to enhance your existing skills.
If you’ve got experience within local authority practices, that’s great, but not essential; being adept at building relationships with key hiring managers and quickly developing an understanding of the Local Government Pension Scheme, are most important.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Other
* Industries: Government Administration
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