Finance Assistant
Salary: Band: 6, £26,073 - £29,777 p.a.
37 hours per week
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
Your New Role
Reporting to a Senior Accountant, you will be working within a team providing high quality finance & admin support to service departments.
This role is required to work independently with minimal supervision to raise all invoices and recharges for the services we support and deal with any customer queries arising and maintain the necessary back up information (electronically). It will also involve the completion of various monthly reconciliations and dealing with any queries that arise liaising with relevant service managers and the banking team. The post will also undertake posting journals, General Ledger housekeeping and general support to clients and accountancy staff.
In this role you will be using spreadsheets and the Council's Financial Information System on a daily basis. You may also have the opportunity to assist accountancy staff with the compilation of year end accounts and budget forecasting.
This role would suit somebody who is actively studying for, or seeking to start, a relevant qualification.
What you'll need to succeed
As well as being computer literate you will have good organisation and prioritising skills to enable you to meet deadlines. You will have a good standard of spreadsheet skills and be able to use financial information systems. You will be able to produce accurate work as well as the ability to form good relationships and communicate effectively with staff at all levels.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Application process:
Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.
When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is important, or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Closing time/date: 3 June 2024 @ 23.59 pm.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
