Staffordshire County Council
Looking to build your finance career in a role where you can make a real difference? Join Staffordshire County Council—an organisation recognised for strong financial management, forward planning, and delivering high-quality services to our communities.
We’re looking for a motivated and detail-focused finance professional to support our financial reporting and day-to-day accounting activities. Working as part of a supportive finance team, you’ll assist the Accountant and other finance colleagues to help ensure our financial information and transactions are accurate, timely, and reliable. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills, gain exposure to a wide range of finance activities, and play an important part in supporting sound financial decision-making across the organisation. Based in Stafford with flexible hybrid working, this role offers the chance to grow your career while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Main Responsibilities
- Process supplier invoices, ensuring accurate coding, approval, and contract value compliance.
- Raise invoices promptly for schools, partner organisations, and other local authorities.
- Monitor budgets regularly, identifying variances and supporting accurate financial reporting.
- Support forecasting activities to help services manage spending and future commitments.
- Assist with annual budget setting through data preparation and financial analysis.
- Process payments to schools accurately, ensuring compliance with agreed funding arrangements.
- Respond to supplier and stakeholder queries professionally, resolving issues in a timely manner.
- Prepare and process journals, virements, accruals, and prepayments within financial systems.
- Support year-end accounting activities, including reconciliations and closure of accounts processes.
- Maintain and update pupil database records to support accurate funding and reporting.
The Ideal Candidate
- Be an AAT Member or have relevant experience.
- Have good numeracy and literacy skills.
- Have experience working in a financial services environment.
- Be able to work flexibly and creatively to meet changing priorities.
- Demonstrate effective use of spreadsheets and word processing skills.
- Have the ability to support budget monitoring and forecasting activities, with a basic understanding of variances and financial reporting.
Benefits
In addition to your salary, staff have access to rewards and benefits designed to support a healthy work-life balance and professional development.
Equality and Diversity
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and a Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities. We offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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