Total 4 accounting auditing job vacancies in chelmsfordbedfordnorwich cm1 7ws

Accounting Officer

Permanent, Full Time

£23,344 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Closing Date: Thursday 1st August 2024 at 11.59pm

The Opportunity

The Accounting Officer will support the delivery of financial management information to the Management Accountants and front line budget holders. The role offers a mixture of home working and attendance at County Hall, Chelmsford; this is dependent on business need. The role is expected to build strong relationships with finance colleagues and internal partners and:

• Proactively supports the efficient and effective provision of a Finance Hub.
• Understanding budget holder's' needs and providing them with an effective and prompt service they value.
• Manage customer expectations and deliver to agreed service standards.
• Ensuring the processing and delivery of timely, accurate, high quality financial information and analysis to allow effective management and monitoring of budgets
• Support the delivery of all other areas of financial management and reporting as requested by the Management Accountant/Finance Systems and Process Manager

Accountabilities

• Provide and process timely and accurate information to allow effective management of budgets and empowers budget holders to deliver value for money services.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of all financial management and reporting systems and processes.
• Analyse and communicate financial and performance data in the form of variance reports. Understand unit costs and drivers and interpret variances robustly.
• Accurately prepare, monitor, and control estimates and forecasts.
• Maintain financial systems and processes ensuring proper reconciliation and control procedures are in place. Implement requested changes.
• Deliver timely information to support financial activity, quality assuring the information provided.
• Deliver information to support the annual accounts closure programme as requested and in accordance with the agreed timetable.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and professional accounting standards. Operate to a framework of working practices.

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential:

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent (Grade C/Level 4 and above), including Maths & English and/or working towards AAT.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Intermediate skills in Excel as a minimum)
• An interest in accounting and furthering your education into public sector finance.
• Ability to communicate well both virtually and face to face

Desirable:

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Providing information and support to colleagues and customers and working flexibly and proactively in a multi-disciplinary team to achieve service outcomes.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial management and control.
• Experience of process and practice improvements within a finance setting.

Accounting Technician (unqualified)

Permanent, Full Time

Up to £25,679 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

This position has been classed as an anywhere worker role but has an expectation that the successful candidate will attend the office, in Chelmsford, 1 - 2 days per month, with the remaining time allowing for remote working if desired, in line with the organisation's need.

Interviews are likely to take place on the week commencing the 3rd June 2024 and will be conducted virtually using MS Teams.

This role will contribute to the delivery of a high performing, customer focused service, delivering all aspects of financial management information to both the members of the management accounting team and budget holders, ensuring quality of information is provided to stakeholders. The role supports the efficient running of the Finance Hub and works effectively to meet customer requirements by ensuring information is delivered efficiently within agreed timeframes.

It requires the provision of high quality advice, information, analysis and interpretation to finance colleagues to underpin effective decision making and meet financial governance requirements across the business.

Partly qualified this role is expected to build strong relationships with finance colleagues and relevant stakeholders across the Council.

Accountabilities

• Provide timely, accurate information and advice to budget holders to ensure they allow effective management of budgets, support the development of financial plans and assist them in carrying out their financial duties.
• Undertake some analysis of financial and performance data and provide financial advice. In addition, develop some understanding of unit costs and drivers in order to assess variances in a robust manner.
• Build a strong understanding of all financial management and reporting systems and processes, ensuring clarity on financial systems and processes to maximise efficiency ensuring proper reconciliation and control procedures are in place.
• Deliver accurate financial estimates, forecasts and plans ensuring all identified risks are quantified and appropriately recorded.
• Support the financial management of the Capital Programme for colleagues.
• Support the timely delivery and preparation of information for business case submissions from a financial perspective, quality assuring the information provided.
• Deliver information to support the annual accounts closure programme as requested and in accordance with the agreed timetable

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential:

• Educated to RQF level 2 (GCSE) in 5 subjects including Math's and English or working towards AAT or other vocational accounting qualification.
• Ability to develop skills and knowledge within role.
• Experience of working with financial management issues and finding solutions.
• Experience of process and practice improvements within a finance setting.

Desirable:

• Experience of providing financial advice, challenge and support to budget holders.
• Working with a range of financial systems and processes, supporting their development.
• Working proactively with colleagues within the Finance Hub and across the finance function.
• Ability to establish credibility with budget holders, finance colleagues and other stakeholders.

Accounting Technician (AAT Qualified)

Permanent, Full Time

Up to £32,047 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

This position has been classed as an anywhere worker role but has an expectation that the successful candidate will attend the office, in Chelmsford, 1 -2 days per month, with the remaining time allowing for remote working if desired, in line with the organisation's need.

Interviews are likely to take place on the week commencing the 3rd June 2024 and will be conducted virtually using MS Teams.

This role will contribute to the delivery of a high performing, customer focused service. The Accounting Technician will deliver all aspects of financial management information to both the members of the management accounting team and budget holders to ensure quality of information is provided to stakeholders. The role supports the efficient running of the Finance Hub and works effectively to meet customer requirements by ensuring information is delivered efficiently within agreed timeframes.

The role provides high quality advice, information, analysis and interpretation to finance colleagues to underpin effective decision making and meet financial governance requirements across the business.

This role is expected to build strong relationships with finance colleagues and relevant stakeholders across the Council.

Accountabilities

• Provide timely, accurate information and advice to budget holders to ensure they allow effective management of budgets, support the development of financial plans and assist them in carrying out their financial duties.
• As an Accounting Technician, you will be expected to support the Finance Hub and deal with low and medium level budget holder queries.
• As an AAT qualified Accounting Technician, you will be expected to manage higher risk, more volatile services that may involve a number of complex levels of service activity, multiple external funding streams and/or external partnership arrangements. You will be capable of dealing independently with more complex areas of work either within the Hub, as a Finance Contact to a Head of Service or on projects directed by your Line Manager.
• Undertake some analysis of financial and performance data, and provide financial advice. In addition, develop some understanding of unit costs and drivers in order to assess variances in a robust manner.
• Build a strong understanding of all financial management and reporting systems and processes, ensuring clarity on financial systems and processes to maximise efficiency ensuring proper reconciliation and control procedures are in place.
• Deliver accurate financial estimates, forecasts and plans ensuring all identified risks are quantified and appropriately recorded.
• Support the financial management of the Capital Programme for colleagues. As an AAT qualified Accounting Technician you will be expected to be a Finance contact to Capital Projects as directed by your Line Manager
• Support the timely delivery and preparation of information for business case submissions from a financial perspective, quality assuring the information provided.
• Deliver information to support the annual accounts closure programme as requested and in accordance with the agreed timetable.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential:

• Full AAT qualification or equivalent accountancy based professional qualification, plus some experience as an Accounting Technician.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Experience of working with financial management issues and finding solutions.
• Experience of process and practice improvements within a finance setting.

Desirable:

• Experience of providing financial advice, challenge and support to budget holders
• Working with a range of financial systems and processes and supporting their development.
• Working proactively with colleagues within the Finance Hub and across the finance function.
• Ability to establish credibility with budget holders, finance colleagues and other stakeholders.

AAT Level 4 Qualified Accounting Technician

Permanent, Full Time - 37 Hours Per Week

Up to £30,282 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Interviews are likely to take place during December 2023.

In line with Essex County Councils' Ways of Working, this role has been deemed as an 'Anywhere Worker' position. This means you can work remotely for the majority of the time, with occasional trips to the office based on business need. Any journeys to the office would be at your own expense. More specific details about this can be discussed at the interview stage should you be invited to interview.

Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK, serving a population of 2 million residents, and has a very successful track record of delivering transformational change. ECC anticipated change was needed in the public sector and has worked to deliver better quality at lower cost. We have an ambitious transformation agenda - one with the scope to reach every part of the council. We are changing the way we think, the way we work, and the ways in which we deliver our services. We are committed to becoming a place where individuals, partners and communities feel proud to play their role and genuinely want to belong. We're immensely proud of our flexible working options.

Job Purpose

As part of the Financial Accounting team, you will report to the Deputy Chief Accountant and will coordinate and provide advice and interpretation to a team of high performing, customer facing, finance professionals to underpin effective decision making, promote compliance with best professional practice and ensure the highest standards of financial governance are achieved.

The Accounting Technician (Financial Accounting) will promote adherence to the Council's accounting policies and financial procedure rules through the provision of advice to a team of finance professionals, by supporting delivery of the Council's statutory financial reporting and the Council's treasury management function.

The post holder is expected to build strong relationships with finance colleagues and with internal and external partners.

Accountabilities

• Provide timely and accurate advice to other finance professionals that is consistent with the Council's accounting policies and other financial procedure rules and which promotes the achievement of best practice.
• Contribute to the provision of information, analysis and advice to support the implementation of changes to accounting practice or other regulatory requirements.
• Build a strong understanding of all financial accounting and reporting systems and processes, ensuring clarity on financial systems and processes to maximise efficiency ensuring proper reconciliation and control procedures are in place.
• Contribute to the delivery of information to support the annual accounts closure programme (including the external audit of the accounts), or other statutory reporting requirements, in accordance with the agreed timetable.
• Contribute to ensuring compliance with the Council's accounting policies, financial procedure rules and performance standards.
• Support the financial management of the Revenue Budget and help to ensure that appropriate links are in place between management and statutory financial reporting.
• Ensure that timely and accurate information is prepared to facilitate the delivery of an effective treasury management function.
• Contribute to ensuring the accurate completion of government returns, benchmarking and other questionnaires.
• Contribute to the delivery of the Financial Professional Services annual plan and to the review of performance against that plan.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Full AAT Level 4 qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial accounting issues within an organisation.
• Provision of practical advice to other finance professionals.
• Contributing to the development of financial systems (Oracle), internal controls and/or other processes.
• Financial planning and management within an organisation.
• Working proactively with colleagues across the finance function.
• Working in multi-disciplinary teams to achieve service outcomes.
• Ability to establish credibility with other finance professionals and other stakeholders, including the Council's External Auditor or other external inspectors.