Yate - Finance Assistant

How you'll make a difference:

As a Finance Assistant you will make a difference by providing comprehensive financial and data processing services to the Finance Team who provide a range of strategic advice and operational financial support services to council departments.

What you will be doing:

• Daily, you will provide advice and respond to queries from customers, ensuring they receive appropriate guidance about policies, procedures and processes.
• To ensure service transactions are completed accurately, you will maintain and update information systems and databases.
• It will be your responsibility to undertake a variety of administrative tasks and work on projects. You will ensure written reports are compiled, support is provided, and records are accurate which will help to inform decision making. This will involve carrying out research, collating data, presenting information and accurately recording budgets.

What we need from you:

• You will have relevant knowledge and experience of working in an organisation that delivers a range of financial and data processing services, including paying and raising invoices and using electronic systems.
• You will have the ability to analyse and evaluate standard information from a range of sources to inform judgements and make decisions.
• Good interpersonal skills are essential as you will need to communicate with a diverse range of people.
• You will have a good understanding and experience in the use of IT within a finance setting.
• Ideally you would need Knowledge of Dynamics D365 & CIVICA Financials.

• This is a part time role, working 18.5 hours per week. Your salary will be pro-rated to hours worked.
• This is a limited term contract, ending 1 April 2026.
• This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office in Badminton Road, Yate and working from home.
• We are also offering this as an internal secondment opportunity, you should first seek your line managers permission before applying.

Interviews will be held on Monday 3rd March 2025.

• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.

• We’re providing essential services across our internal network to ensure we can fully support our community.
• We’re positive and forward thinking, always looking for new and innovative ways of working work and we’re ambitious about the future.
• We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We’re making a difference, be part of it!

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