Public Sector Finance Technician — Hybrid

The Cumberland; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cumberland Council invites applications for an Accounting Technician to join Cumberland Council's Finance Team, providing essential support for financial control, reconciliations and process improvements.

Based at the Civic Centre in Carlisle with hybrid working options, the role offers development within local government finance and opportunities to work across budgeting, forecasting, general ledger and year-end closure.

Qualifications

• Strong numerical, analytical and spreadsheet skills.
• Ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• Experience in local government finance is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support financial control and reconciliations to ensure integrity of financial information.
• Help improve financial processes and systems.
• Contribute to budget setting, monitoring and forecasting.
• Maintain the general ledger and assist with year-end closure.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Spreadsheet skills

Tools

Excel

General ledger software

Job description

The Cumberland Council invites applications for an Accounting Technician to join Cumberland Council's Finance Team, providing essential support for financial control, reconciliations and process improvements.

Based at the Civic Centre in Carlisle with hybrid working options, the role offers development within local government finance and opportunities to work across budgeting, forecasting, general ledger and year-end closure.