Accountant

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Warwick; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in England is seeking an Accountant to provide financial advice and support to senior managers. This pivotal role includes preparing budgets, monitoring financial performance, and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements. The ideal candidate will have a professional finance qualification and experience in local government finance, along with advanced skills in Excel. The position offers flexible working and various benefits, including a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Agile working arrangements

Annual leave and bank holidays

Qualifications

• Full professional qualification or substantial experience in a finance environment.
• Significant experience providing financial support and advice.
• Ability to communicate clearly with various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert financial advice to managers.
• Prepare and monitor budgets and financial returns.
• Support development of financial strategies and frameworks.

Skills

CCAB professional qualification

Advanced Excel skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Experience in local government finance

Leadership experience

Education

Professional finance qualification (CCAB)

Job description

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Warwickshire County Council’s Operational Finance team as an Accountant. In this pivotal role, you will provide high-quality financial advice and support to senior managers and cost centre managers, covering both revenue and capital responsibilities. You will play a key part in ensuring robust financial management and supporting the Council’s financial framework, including the preparation of medium-term financial plans, annual budgets, monthly monitoring, and year-end closedown.

You will also contribute to statutory financial returns, the financial implications in reports to councillors and managers, and the financial aspects of business cases, including costing and option appraisals. This is a varied and rewarding role, adding value to service decision-making and business planning processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver expert financial advice and support to managers on budget management, forecasting, modelling, analysis, and decision-making.
• Support the development and delivery of the Council’s financial strategies and frameworks.
• Prepare and monitor budgets, complete statutory financial returns, and contribute to business case development.
• Promote consistency and best practice in financial management and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with corporate, statutory, and local financial requirements.
• Contribute to service transformation, procurement exercises, and the development of financial systems and processes.
• Supervise and support team members as required.

About You

We are looking for a finance professional who:

• Holds a full professional qualification (CCAB) or has substantial senior-level experience in a finance environment.
• Has significant experience providing financial support and advice, ideally within local government finance.
• Demonstrates advanced Excel skills (including complex formulae and pivot tables).
• Can analyse complex information and develop effective solutions.
• Communicates clearly and confidently with a range of audiences, including on sensitive or complicated matters.
• Thrives under pressure, meeting tight and unpredictable deadlines.
• Has experience managing or supervising others and leading on policy or service development.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

To discuss the role please contact Caroline Jones on email [e-mail]

Closing date: 20 October 2025. Interview date: W/C 3 November 2025

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more.