finance professional

Warwickshire County Council; Warwick; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council seeks an experienced Accountant to provide financial advice and support to senior managers. You will manage budgets, prepare financial reports, and help develop financial strategies. Ideal candidates will hold a CCAB qualification and have significant experience within local government finance. This role offers a positive work environment, generous benefits, and a commitment to employee well-being.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Agile working

Generous annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in local government finance is preferred.
• Ability to handle tight deadlines and pressures.
• Experience managing or supervising a team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert financial advice on budget management.
• Support the development of financial strategies.
• Prepare and monitor budgets and statutory returns.

Skills

Financial support and advice

Advanced Excel skills

Analysis of complex information

Clear communication

supervision and leadership

Education

Full professional qualification (CCAB)

Job description

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.

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.

What we are looking for

• 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.
• 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.

Working for Warwickshire

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 Vivupbenefits and discounts platform.