Accountancy Assistant reference: ERYC005022

The job itself

Invest in your career and build a professional legacy within our well-respected Finance Team.

If you have experience working in a finance environment and you’re looking to expand your portfolio, whilst working for an organisation with strong values and benefits, our Accountancy Assistant role could be the next step in your career.

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our Finance Business Partnering team supporting the Communities & Environment, and Planning & Economic Regeneration directorates with a particular focus on Housing and Rents.

Supporting the Senior Accountant, you would work as part of the business partnering team to deliver a wide range of financial services and advice to our customers and senior officers across the Council. The role is being advertised as a fixed term contract to provide additional support across the team during the implementation period of the Council’s new integrated housing system.

The team has a strong development culture and forms part of the wider finance service which covers budgets of over £1bn. Supporting a community with over 350,000 residents, 600 services and a workforce of over 12,000 including over 100 maintained schools. We have a strong culture of learning and development, providing you with opportunities to continue growing professionally, no matter what sector or industry you’ve come from.

What we offer:

Hybrid working/Flexibility: The role offers the flexibility and benefits of hybrid working, with the requirement to work in the office at least one day a week.Professional development: Invest in your future with ongoing learning and development opportunities to help you advance in your career.A supportive team environment: Join a team that supports growth and development, the business partnering team members work together to support all our service areas.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who wish to apply for the vacancy as a secondment. Applicants must have the approval of their Line Manager to apply for a secondment.