Assistant Business Support Accountant

Ipswich Borough Council; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 28.000 - 35.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid working opportunities

Pension scheme

Holiday entitlement

Public transport discounts

Subsidised parking

Gym membership

Zusammenfassung

Ipswich Borough Council is seeking an Assistant Business Support Accountant to help deliver financial analysis for the Housing Revenue Account, SRP, and other support services. You will assist a supervising accountant to ensure obligations, objectives, and deadlines are met.

This 12-month fixed-term role offers study support for AAT and a comprehensive benefits package, along with flexible and hybrid working arrangements and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifikationen

• Assist with monthly budget monitoring and reporting.
• Provide high quality budgetary advice to services and stakeholders.
• Support reconciliation activities across accounts.
• Contribute to financial controls and cost reallocation processes.

Aufgaben

• Providing assistance to Business Support Accountants.
• Reconciliations.
• Budgetary Control.
• Cost Reallocation
• Support to non-financial service clients
• Day to day administrative duties in relation to the integrated financial system.

Kenntnisse

Budget monitoring

Reconciliations

Budgetary control

Cost reallocation

Advice to services

Ausbildung

AAT qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Integrated financial system

Jobbeschreibung

About the Role

As an Assistant Business Support Accountant, you will play a key role in providing expert support and analysis for the Council's services. This role primarily supports the Housing Revenue Account (HRA), Shared Revenues Partnership (SRP) and other key support services. You assist a Business Support Accountant to help ensure the Council meets its financial obligations, key objectives and critical deadlines.

We will be looking to appoint to either level depending on skills and experience.

If appointed to level 1 the council requires that you be working towards obtaining the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). Full study support will be provided within the fixed contract term to enable you to continue your studies.

If appointed to the level 2 of the career grade we expect you to be a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or relevant financial NVQ level 4 and above.

You will support Business Support Accountants with the council's monthly budget monitoring process. As well as being a trusted advisor by providing high quality budgetary advice to the services you will support to create a real and active working relationships with both operational and management.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing assistance to Business Support Accountants.
• Reconciliations.
• Budgetary Control.
• Cost Reallocation
• Support to non-financial service clients
• Day to day administrative duties in relation to the integrated financial system.

Why Join Us?

Ipswich Borough Council offers a supportive environment where you can grow your skills and contribute to meaningful work that impacts the community.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your career in finance? Ipswich Borough Council is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as an Assistant Business Support Accountant on a 12-month fixed term opportunity.

As well as a good salary, we offer a career average pension scheme, generous holiday and sick pay entitlements, subsidised parking, public transport discounts, free swimming and gym membership, cycle purchase scheme, plenty of personal and professional development opportunities, flexible working, hybrid working opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity to work with great colleagues.