Finance Officer
Salary: Grade 6 - £37,563 - £42,123
Hours: 1 x 37 hours per week and 1x 18.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Full time and Part time, Permanent
Flexible work style: Hybrid Working – Working at home and the Civic Centre or any other suitable location.
About Us
There’s never been a better time to join the award winning City of Wolverhampton Council to further your career. We are a progressive and future facing organisation, and passionate about making our city better for all who live, work and travel here.
We are an ambitious organisation focused on delivering the best services for people in Wolverhampton; working for us gives you the opportunity to make a difference to their lives.
We have an exciting opportunity available to be part of our finance team at Finance Officer level within the Strategic Finance service. Opportunities are available across the Strategic Finance teams, where applicants with experience of working within local government financial management services would be advantageous.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive finance function that delivers a high standard of professional financial advice across the organisation by making strong relationships with budget managers and being part of the exciting improvements this city is making.
About You
- As a Finance Officer you will be reporting to a Finance Manager.
- As a minimum, you will be fully AAT qualified (Level 4) and/or hold a relevant degree or equivalent level 4 or higher accounting/finance related qualification.
- You must have substantial post qualification relevant financial management experience of supporting all aspects of accounting and budgeting, as well as a proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, and to work accurately to conflicting deadlines. You will be a self-starter, able to use initiative within delegated authority and to work with little supervision and direction. You will be able to establish and continue good working relationships, work effectively as part of a team and work under pressure when required.
- You will ideally have public sector experience, with the drive, determination and enthusiasm to deliver a high quality service for those you will support in trying to achieve the aims of the city.
- In addition to you having demonstrated experience in the full range of annual financial cycle activities including budget holder meetings for budget monitoring/forecasting, budget setting and final accounts, other attributes specific to some of the finance officer roles include experience of capital projects, grant funding and statutory accounts.
- You will have excellent IT skills, in particular being proficient in a range of advanced excel functions. Experience of utilising Finance systems and supporting the development of reporting tools would be advantageous.
- In return, you will receive a competitive salary, a generous annual leave entitlement, support with CPD, reimbursement of one CCAB professional membership subscription fee per year, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, and other employee benefits including a range of retail discounts and salary sacrifice schemes.
- Current work arrangements are a minimum of three days per month working in the Civic Centre for team meetings and professional conversations, however, as part of onboarding it is recommended more time in the office initially would be beneficial. Also, instances as required and mutually agreed at key points throughout the annual financial cycle for increased office attendance.
- Please be advised City of Wolverhampton Council’s UK visa sponsorship licence is not registered for roles in Finance. We are therefore not able to offer an employer sponsor for this role.
The interview process will consist of formal interview and a presentation.
Our working arrangements
- All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style.
- Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance.
- Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location.
- Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocated where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for 'touch down' space at any council location.
- Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the needs of the business and employees can work from a mixture of home or any council office, partner/client, or external location, as required to meet service requirements.