Public Sector Finance Support Officer

Ealing Council; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Ealing Council is seeking a pragmatic Business & Finance Support Officer for its Environment & Community Protection directorate in London. You will provide hands‑on financial support to senior managers, ensuring accurate day‑to‑day processing, monitoring and reporting of financial information.

The role requires solid experience in local government finance, budget monitoring, and excellent Excel and financial software skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in a local government or public sector finance environment.
• Practical experience of budget monitoring and financial administration.
• Experience of purchase orders, invoice processing and raising invoices.
• Experience of using financial management system software and fluency using Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to organise and prioritise a varied workload and meet financial deadlines.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with operational managers, budget holders and finance professionals.
• Educated to a minimum of five GCSEs including Maths and English; a specialist financial certificate or professional qualification would be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake day‑to‑day financial processing, including raising purchase orders, goods receipting and processing invoices.
• Raise debtor invoices and support monitoring and reconciliation of income.
• Identify miscoding and prepare and post journals, corrections and recharges.
• Prepare salary, budget monitoring and other financial information.
• Support budget setting, budget monitoring and year‑end accounts processes.
• Prepare financial schedules, working papers and accrual information.
• Maintain accurate financial records and support reconciliation of accounts.
• Support administration and monitoring of grants and externally funded activity; collaborate with budget holders and Finance colleagues to ensure timely and accurate financial information.

Skills

Budget monitoring

Financial administration

Purchase orders & invoicing

Communication skills

Organisation & prioritisation

Attention to detail

Public sector experience

Education

Five GCSEs including Maths and English

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Financial management software

Job description

Ealing Council is seeking a pragmatic Business & Finance Support Officer for its Environment & Community Protection directorate in London. You will provide hands‑on financial support to senior managers, ensuring accurate day‑to‑day processing, monitoring and reporting of financial information.

The role requires solid experience in local government finance, budget monitoring, and excellent Excel and financial software skills.