Finance Officer

Salary: £17,811 – £18,467
Hours: 30 hours per week

Closing date: 9.00 Monday 12 June 2023

We are looking for a finance officer to join our team. This role would be suitable for someone looking to develop their career in finance or with an interest in moving into a finance position.

What you will do:

Support Finance Manager and Senior Finance Officers in providing a proactive and client orientated accountancy service. This includes:
Daily processing of payments and accounting for VAT
Counting and reconciling all cash and other income received
Preparing income for banking
Preparing documentation and reconciling credit card expenditure
Administering the petty cash float
About you:

We are looking for someone who:

Is interested in working within a finance team
Able to analyse and interpret data to check for accuracy
Manage workload by prioritising effectively
Has a high attention to detail

What we can offer you:

Flexible working – both hours worked and hybrid location
Minimum of 30 days annual leave PLUS Bank Holidays
A great place to work, our last staff survey (December) told us that 97% enjoy working for the Council and have sufficient variety in their job to keep them interested
Local Government Pension Scheme
Excellent training and development opportunities
Cycle to work scheme and other health and wellbeing benefits
Paid sick leave

For an informal chat please contact Estelle Sherry on esherry@salisburycitycouncil.gov.uk

For a full job description please email us at hr@salisburycitycouncil.gov.uk

We reserve the right to close the job, earlier than the closing date advertised, if we have had sufficient applications, so would suggest an early application.

Please cover how you meet the essential criteria below in your application:

General knowledge of income and expenditure
Ability to analyse and interpret data to check for discrepancies
Ability to manage workload by prioritising effectively
Accuracy and high attention to detail
Able to work on own and as part of a team
GCSE Maths and English A-C (or equivalent)