Senior Accounting Support Officer

North Tyneside Council; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK Local Council is seeking Senior Accounting Support Officers to provide comprehensive financial assistance across various departments. The ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and experience in financial management. This position offers a hybrid working model and generous annual leave, making it a great opportunity for career development within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave up to 34 days

Flexible working hours

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme

Access to various salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Ability to provide financial support to teams across different services.
• Experience with treasury management and banking functions.
• Capable of handling customers with varying levels of financial skill.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial support to colleagues within the finance team.
• Manage budgets and monitor in-year activity.
• Assist in developing business cases for capital projects.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Financial management

Budget management

Job description

Senior Accounting Support Officers – Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

This is Redcar and Cleveland. We are an ambitious council keen to build on our strong track record of innovation and partnership working. Key to this is a committed workforce who always gives their best. Offering a fast paced, progressive working environment, coming to work for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is a great career move.

The Council is seeking to recruit three Senior Accounting Support Officers who will be based at the centre of the Council, in the Resources Directorate, which has key responsibility for managing the Council's money and people as well as ensuring that democratic decisions are well informed and legally sound.

Redcar and Cleveland has a working environment which will encourage you to excel and develop your career.

You will provide financial support to colleagues within the finance team and a range of services across the Council. This may include anything from central finance functions including treasury management and banking to supporting services manage their budgets and monitor in year activity. You may be required to support colleagues with the development of business cases for capital projects, grant funding for new initiatives and internal and external audit queries.

The role requires strong and effective communication skills, including the ability to deal with customers who possess varying levels of financial skill.

We offer very attractive terms and conditions of employment, including generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working hours (where appropriate), membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and access to numerous other salary sacrifice schemes and staff benefits/discounts, including a lease car scheme.

For an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact David Dunford on 07970 420744

Employee Benefits and Rewards

• Generous annual leave of up to 34 days per year
• Hybrid Working (where appropriate)
• Flexible working hours (where appropriate)
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to numerous other salary sacrifice schemes
• Access to our employee health and wellbeing platform, which includes an exciting range of staff benefits, including, spreading the cost of home and electronics, bike shop, car scheme, gym membership, lifestyle savings
• A range of Staff Network groups