Finance Administrator

Leicestershire County Council; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

An inclusive organization is seeking a Finance Administrator to support Accounts Payable and Receivable within the East Midlands Shared Services. The successful candidate will manage transactional processes and customer service inquiries while contributing to team collaboration. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, including study support and a local government pension.

Benefits

Study Support

Attractive Local Government Pension

Hybrid Working

Qualifications

• Knowledge of transactional processes, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable.
• Ability to manage difficult inquiries and ensure satisfactory resolutions.
• Understanding and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Provide transactional processing services to support finance operations.
• Act as the first point of contact for payment-related queries.
• Assist supervisors in promoting a culture of cooperation and flexibility.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Teamwork

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker - Required to work in the office once every 3 weeks

Salary: £25,995 - £26,409 per annum

Working Hours:37 Hours, Mon - Thurs 830am-1700pm, Friday 0830am-1630pm

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 27.08.2025

Interview Date(s): TBC

Do you want a job where no two days are the same?

Come and join East Midlands Shared Services, embrace the challenge, conquer the day!

About the Role

This Finance Administrator position supports, both, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, working within East Midlands Services, where the overriding standard is one of efficiency and customer service. The Finance Service Centre, based in Loxley House, Nottingham, serves both Leicestershire County Council and Nottingham City Council with their transactional finance. The postholder will provide transactional processing services to support the effective delivery of front line services whilst meeting or exceeding customer needs across customer service, accounts payable, accounts receivable.

Additionally, this role supports :

• Study Support
• Attractive Local Government Pension
• Hybrid Working

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Overall knowledge of transactional processes, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
• To be the first point of contact for enquiries and resolution of payment related receive and resolve queries from external customers/organisations andstaff/managers from strategic partners of EMSS, which will often include liaison with strategic partners of EMSS, internal and external customers within set guidelines and parameters, to ensure the smooth operation of the process.
• To be able to manage difficult customers and stakeholders to ensure a satisfactory outcome is achieved within an agreed timeframe.
• To assist the Supervisors to embed a culture of co-operation and flexibility across the Team.
• Attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and quality
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to,equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:

Indya Atkins, Accounts Payable Team Leader

Telephone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support .

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions .