Finance Officer

Derby City Council; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in East Midlands is seeking a Finance Officer to join its Adult Social Care Finance team. The role involves managing accurate payments for services and communicating financial information effectively. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle complex queries. The position offers a hybrid working model and numerous benefits like professional development, annual leave, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Flexible work / life balance scheme

Hybrid working

Modern office environment

27 days annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Team Derby Rewards

Cycle2Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programmes

Qualifications

• Comfortable communicating complex financial information.
• Enjoy working with figures and managing your own caseload.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate and timely payments to customers and providers.
• Monitor payments and take recovery action as required.
• Communicate and support various stakeholders including customers and providers.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Financial analysis

Job description

Job description

Salary : £30,024 - £32,597 a year

Location : The Council House, Derby

Hours : 37 hours a week

Closing Date : Sunday 21st December 2025

Contract Type : Permanent / Hybrid working possible

We’re looking for experienced Finance Officers to join our friendly team based in Derby city centre. The Adult Social Care Finance team plays a key role in serving the people of Derby by ensuring that the care providers receive accurate payments for the services they provide, whilst also supporting residents in getting payments for their adult social care needs. The person we are looking for needs to feel comfortable and confident in communicating, both verbally and in writing, often complex financial information to a range of audiences.

This is an exciting time to join our existing Adult Social Care Finance team as you will be joining us during our transformation journey, utilising new technology and reviewing processes, to enable us to provide enhanced support, service and guidance to our customers and suppliers - so you should be happy in an environment that is evolving and changing.

If you enjoy working with figures, have excellent attention to detail, take pride in managing your own caseload to deliver a responsive customer‑focussed service, we’d love to hear from you.

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first‑class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.

What We Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive :

• Flexible work / life balance scheme (depending on your role)
• Hybrid working (depending on your role)
• Modern office environment (depending on your job location)
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract)
• Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract)
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

The Opportunity

In the role of Finance Officer, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact :

Using bespoke IT systems as required to provide accurate and timely payments to customers and providers, monitor payments and take recovery action where required in accordance with the appropriate legislation.

Carry out monitoring, reviews and reconciliation of customer accounts as required to ensure expenditure complies with the relevant legislation, Council Policy and procedures. This will include communicating and negotiating directly with customers, third‑parties and providers.

Regularly communicating with a range of people including members of the public, providers, third‑party agencies and internal colleagues to provide information, advice and support by phone, email, letter and face to face.

Be responsible for handling complex queries which may involve the