Overview
Join us as a Finance Assistant and play a key part in supporting vital services across the County Council while building valuable finance and admin experience.
The Opportunity
Working Pattern: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Salary: £26,403 to £26,824 per annum
Location: County Hall, Chichester with hybrid options also available.
In this role you’ll take ownership of a range of everyday admin and finance tasks, for example, processing budget updates, preparing figures for reports, and making sure payments are handled accurately and on time.
You’ll work confidently on your own when needed, especially with routine tasks, but you’ll also be part of a friendly team that’s always happy to help.
Responsibilities
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience in admin or finance and is comfortable explaining simple financial information.
- Enjoys helping customers or colleagues and can stay calm and professional when dealing with difficult queries.
- Likes working in an organised, steady role where accuracy matters.
- Possesses communication skills.
- Has confidence in the use of systems and processes as the role will include working with large volumes of sensitive data.
- Has experience working with IT, mainly using Microsoft applications such as Word or Excel.
- Can prioritise daily tasks to meet deadlines and objectives.
Qualifications
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Benefits
- An excellent local government pension scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days (full time equivalent) plus the opportunity to buy additional leave
- A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
- Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
- Volunteering opportunities
- Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- A range of discounts through our staff benefits including West Sussex Choices
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.
Additional information
Reference: CRS01105
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.
Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.
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