Accountant - Operational Delivery Delivery

Warwickshire County Council ,
Warwick, Warwickshire

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Job Description

Accountant - Operational Delivery Delivery Warwick 2 x Full time 33,799 - 35,934 We have several superb opportunities for experienced professionals to join Warwickshire County Council's Finance Service. We are recruiting to the following roles in the Operational Finance Delivery Team: 2 x Accountant - Operational Delivery (33,799 - 35,934) - currently supporting Children's Social Care and Education These roles are part of a team which provides high quality financial advice and support to senior managers and cost centre managers in relation to their financial responsibilities, both revenue and capital. They also support the County Council's financial framework processes by providing service financial information to enable the preparation of medium term financial plans, annual budgets, monthly budget monitoring and year end closedown. One post currently supports the Education service and one currently supports Children's Social Care. As well as monitoring and forecasting, budget setting and planning, year end processes and reporting, these roles are also involved in procurement and the evaluation of financial tenders, the financial implications in reports to councillors and managers, and the financial aspects of business cases including costing and option appraisals. These roles are key to ensuring that appropriate challenge and assurance are provided by the finance service whilst also delivering financial information that adds value to service decision making and business planning processes. We are looking for appropriately qualified or experienced finance professionals who can: independently interpret and analyse varied and complex information or situations and produce solutions communicate, in person and/or in writing, complicated or sensitive information with varied audiences work under pressure including meeting unpredictable deadlines and dealing with conflicting demands lead on the development of the financial aspects of policy/service practice meeting the requirements of specific services If these roles sound like you, we would love to hear from you! Additional Information For full Job Description and Person Specification click link here For information about these roles please contact Stephanie Jones - Senior Accountant, Operational Finance Delivery at stephaniejones@warwickshire.gov.uk To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button. Our method of application is online, please note, CV's should not been submitted unless asked to do so. If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots. You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application. As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By 'minimum criteria' we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification. Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce and would particularly welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from the BAME community, disabled people and people from the LGBT+ Community. Closing date: 29th June 2020...[more details]