Senior Accountancy Assistant

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Senior Accountancy Assistant, playing a vital role in supporting the Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service. This part-time position involves providing comprehensive accounting services, ensuring financial accuracy, and contributing to community safety.

Benefits

Agile Working

Family Friendly Working Patterns

26 days of annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Gym access

Blue Light Card discounts

Professional development opportunities

Public service pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in financial and management accounting.
• Ability to liaise with external advisors and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile payroll transactions and investigate variances.
• Formulate financial reports and contribute to budget calculations.
• Maintain and produce sales invoices for income collection.

Skills

Excellent communications skills

Attention to detail

Knowledge of accounting principles

Education

Qualified Accounting Technician

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Play a vital role in supporting your Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service by helping keep the books balanced and the finances strong. Be part of something that really matters!

Senior Accountancy Assistant

Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PP

• 15 hours per week
• Permanent position
• Grade 4: £30,559 - £32,645 (based on 37 hours) pro rata
  
  

Please Note: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK

Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service (NFRS) are looking for a highly motivated and experienced professional to become an integral part of our Finance team. As a Senior Accountancy Assistant you will provide a comprehensive range of accounting and financial services to NFRS including accounting, budgeting and financial reporting. This is an exciting opportunity that will ensure you are at the forefront of keeping our communities safe.

The Role

This exciting part-time opportunity is ideal for an experienced finance professional who thrives in a dynamic environment. As a Senior Accountancy Assistant, you'll join a dedicated team delivering a full range of accountancy and financial support services across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• To reconcile the payroll transactions to the financial information system, to investigate variances, to input correcting journals and report explanations
• Formulation of financial reports, estimates and statistics as well as contributing towards the calculation of new budgets as required
• To maintain and produce all the Sales invoices for all income related to the service, ensuring that collection of debts is timely. Reporting to management potential bad debts and write off debts. Recording all levels of communication in the event of a small claim court case
• Write procedures relevant to this role and work flexibly in busy periods to ensure that duties are carried out on time
• At the financial year end, investigate balance sheets and analyse debtors and creditors while providing findings to external auditors
• Provide the Finance Department with cover on a variety of tasks commensurate with the role
  
  

Why NFRS?

• Agile Working We offer employees the ability to mix office working with working from home to give you more flexibility
• Family Friendly We are open to considering different working patterns which help you provide a better service to our community while supporting your home life. We are also open to part time working
• Annual Leave - 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays and a Christmas concessionary day
• Health and Wellbeing - As a Service we provide a wide range of Health and Wellbeing support to all our employees which includes a membership to Bupa and a dedicated Occupational Health team who are there to support you. Also, all employees receive free access to a gym
• Blue Light Card enabling discounts on shopping and eating out
• Development You will have access to both formal and informal professional development opportunities which will help you advance your career
• Pension Access to a public service defined benefit pension scheme
  
  

Experience/Qualification

• Qualified Accounting Technician and member of the AAT or equivalent
• Experience working within a finance department and specialising in financial and management accounting
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to liaise with external advisors and stakeholders
• The ability to use Microsoft Office applications to an advanced level with a focus on Excel
• Attention to detail and an understanding of confidentiality
• Knowledge of accounting principles and concepts
• We would love to hear from candidates who have previous experience working within the public sector, but this is not a deal breaker!
  
  

If you feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for and want to play an integral part in keeping Nottinghamshire communities safe, then we look forward to hearing from you.

How To Apply For The Role

If you have the skills and experience required for this position, click apply today, and you will be directed to the company website to submit an application form.

You must be authorised to work in the UK. No agencies please.

Other suitable skills and experience include Assistant Accountant, Finance Officer, Budget Analyst, Payroll Accountant, Financial Reporting Assistant, Accounts Payable Supervisor, Revenue Accountant, Treasury Assistant, Finance Business Partner, Management Accounts Officer.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Accounting

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