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SalaryAccounting Technician - Local Authority
Location: SN1 2JH
Start date: ASAP
Contract duration: 3+ months
Working hours: Mon - Fri, 09:00 - 17:00, 37 hours p/w
Pay rate: 14.67 per hour
Main purpose:
We are seeking an Accounting Technician to provide professional finance support, advice and training to Service Managers and Budget Managers in the preparation and management of revenue and capital budgets, to ensure timely, robust and accurate financial management across the organisation. Duties will include:
- To work with Service Managers and Budget Managers to prepare their detailed budgets with guidance from Heads of Finance and Finance Managers where necessary. To include certification of all income sources, inflationary assumptions, staff salary budget collation, fees and charges and consideration of any other relevant factors.
- To provide financial advice and training as required to Service Managers, Budget Managers and their support staff and any other officers as may be required.
- To contribute to the monitoring of income, expenditure and savings delivery across the Council, providing support and challenge to Service and Budget Managers and which may require complex modelling work to inform the understanding of the financial position.
Qualifications, skills and experience:
- Association of Accounting Technician (AAT) Professional Diploma in Accounting
(Level 4), Part Qualified Accountant or equivalent qualification. - Experience of working within a finance team, providing support to budget managers and customers in a finance advisory capacity in relation to budget setting and in year financial monitoring.
- Knowledge and exposure to financial systems, processes, legislation and the correct application of accounting principles.
- Experienced in use of spreadsheets, including use of functions and tools, and the use of financial ledger software
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