Finance Technician - Schools Finance Team

About the role (Schools Finance Team):

The team work closely with Lincolnshire schools to provide strategic and operational financial advice and support to key stakeholders including School Business Managers and Headteachers. This advice and support will be provided via a professional accountancy helpdesk facility (email and telephone support).This support ensures there is a positive impact on the provision of school education by assisting schools to ensure they have sustainable budgets.

The role will provide this advice on a range of areas including budget setting, budget monitoring, closure of accounts and year end support, compliance with financial policies and statutory returns.

You will work in a busy team with multiple priorities with a need to work flexibly and be adaptable to change. The role also includes the administration of the Sickness Insurance Scheme and the processing of financial returns for those schools who use an alternative accounting system to the Council.

About you:

The ideal candidate should have a professional and organised approach to work with good knowledge of financialprinciples, be organised and able to plan workloads so that deadlines are achieved, possess excellent communication skills and is confident in supporting people at all levels of schools.  You will have good ICT skills (particularly Excel), Association of Accounting Technicians (or equivalent) would be desirable or working towards this qualification.

Our offer:

We are offering a competitive salary of £25,119 - £27,803, along with a local government pension, a comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes, cycle to work, civil service sports council membership and many opportunities for professional support and development.

Further details about our range of benefits can be found in our rewards and benefits brochure.

Next steps

If the idea of providing excellent financial support to schools appeals to you, and you have the statistical, analytical, attention to detail and communication and financial skills detailed in the Job Description and summarised Job Brief then this would be a great opportunity.

If you would like an open and informal discussion regarding this role then please contact Shaun Brown by email at shaun.brown@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Closing Date: Monday 22nd January 2024

Interviews: Tuesday 30th January 2024

A Smarter Working Employer

We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary.  Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.

Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.

Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.

All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.

On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. 

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.