Location Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Job Description
The Service & Team:
The accounting Technician Role will be working in the Finance and Assurance Service and in the Controls Team.
The Role:
The role will provide financial support and advice to specific areas of activity.
This support will include financial information to assist budgetary control, budget setting and the closure of accounts as well as the maintenance of accounts and accounting information.
The team ensures that reconciliations, journals and ad hoc reporting requirements are completed on time so that underlying data can be relied upon for reporting and financial control.
Working through the Business Reporting Managers and as part of a pooled function the role will assist in the preparation of the detailed financial plans, budgets and forecasts of income and expenditure to corporate standard's.
The role will provide support to the Council's Business Reporting Managers, Accountants and Controls Team.
What you'll need to succeed:
You will be part AAT qualified, studying towards the AAT qualification or have equivalent experience.
You will need to demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team and show capability in learning new areas of work to help towards achieving successful results providing a good level of adaptability and flexibility.
Competent in the use of Microsoft Excel and various Financial systems is desirable.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What you'll get in return:
Cornwall Council's ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information:
The full role profile is attached here.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Hazel.McBride@cornwall.gov.uk
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as 'Application' on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here - The application process.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
About Us
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Find out more about working and volunteering for us.
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It's a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
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