Finance Business Partner

Location: Abingdon - Hybrid
Salary and grade: Grade 6/7 £42,576 - £54,064
Duration of role: Permanent
Hours per week: 37

Closing date: 2nd January 2025

About the role and what we’re looking for

Reporting directly to the Principal Accountant to assist with production of management accounts, to provide a Finance Business partnering service to selected council departments and where necessary assist with Year End financial accounting for both councils. Typical duties are listed below, and all staff are expected to support key activities such as budget preparation and Year End statutory accounts.

Finance Business Partner

Preparation of:

• Monthly management accounts & Month End Close
• Fixed asset accounting
• Development of Unit4 to support financial and management accounting
• Provide Finance Business partner support and service to staff at all levels for selected council departments.

Main duties and responsibilities (The post holder will be involved in some but not all of the areas below)

• To provide a Finance Business Partnering service to one or more services within the council, and support capital projects within these services.
• Attend service area team and management meetings on a regular basis and providing finance updates where necessary.
• Build and maintain technical knowledge in accordance with professional standards and guidelines. Including the update and creation of procedure notes.
• To support the Principal Accountants and Strategic Finance Manager by attending committees on behalf of finance and representing the Finance dept as required.
• Training non-financial employees in financial procedures.
• To provide cover for others in the accountancy team.
• Preparation of specific statutory government returns: e.g. CIPFA Treasury Management statistics, Capital Outturn Reports; QRO; RO and RA on a timely basis.

About you

Your essential skills, knowledge and experience

• Strong all round accounting knowledge.
• Confident with ERP finance systems and strong Microsoft excel skills

Your essential qualifications

• Education to A Level or equivalent
• AAT Qualified (Grade 7) or working toward the later stages of the qualification (Grade 6)
• Potential expectation to Study for a professional qualification (CIPFA preferred)

If you have the following experience or qualifications – it’s a bonus

• Previous experience of working for a district council would be beneficial but is not essential.
• Knowledge of UNIT4/Agresso software would be an advantage

The benefits we offer

• A basic 25 days annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years. You also have all the bank holidays to look forward to and time off between Christmas and New Year.
• Flexible working and annualised hours – a flexible approach to work that our employees love!
• Salary pay awards – most jobs give scope for a pay increase after six months or the following April (depending on your start date) and we also review salaries each April.
• A generous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary
• The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme (cheaper than directly through a store) so that you can cycle to work!
• Various schemes to keep you healthy (reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users and more)
• We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community.
• A range of resources, support, and activities to help you maintain your wellbeing including a monthly wellbeing hour in addition to annualised hours (the ability to work flexibly as long as, over the course of the year, you complete your contracted hours) and annual leave.

We look forward to hearing from you.

You may also have experience in the following: Finance Business Partner, Management Accountant, Finance Manager, Financial Accountant, Commercial Accountant, Finance Analyst, Finance Analysis, Financial Analysis, ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, etc

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