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Accountancy – Finance Directorate

Finance Assistant (Scale 5)

1 x Sc5 35 hours per week (6 month Fixed Term) with possibility of extension

Position overview

The Accountancy Service of the Finance Directorate currently has a vacancy for 1 Finance Officers (Scale 5), to be part of teams (specifically Children providing accounting and business support across a range of financial services.

These posts present an excellent opportunity to develop your career through gaining experience within the Council’s corporate accountancy service in these challenging times.

Roles have generic job descriptions across the department’s full range of accounting services, providing flexibility for the organisation and the individual. Successful candidates will be matched to the area where their skills best fit.

Who we are looking for:

Finance Assistant responsibilities include to:

• Have responsibility to provide support for a defined range of financial processes e.g. budgets, monitoring, reconciliations, maintaining financial records, transactions and controls
• Provide advice to service managers and others on agreed financial procedures
• Work on your own and with others to utilise your capabilities with Excel, other IT and communication skills to analyse and prepare financial information in a clear and timely manner.

Further details of the role that you could be playing, along with the skills and experience needed, can be seen within the Job Description and Person Specification.

When completing your application please include your areas of experience and demonstrate how this meets the requirements for the role.

Closing Date: Friday 24th October 2024

Interviews: Week Commencing 4th November 2024

If you have any questions about this role, please speak to Elizabeth Hesketh on Elizabeth.hesketh@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Elizabeth Hesketh ; elizabeth.hesketh@royalgreenwich.gov.uk .

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.

Organisation Royal Borough of Greenwich Reference REC/24/00544 Salary Details £30033 - £31440 Additional Allowances Location Postcode SE18 6HQ Job Term and Hours per Week Fixed Term; 35 Closing Date 24 October 2024