Finance Assistant - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset Councils

Dorset Councils

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Dorchester, United Kingdom

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Description

Organisation

Dorset Council
Location
Dorchester, United Kingdom
Reference

Occupational group
Finance & Commercial
Salary details

- £21,189 - £21,96

Job term
Full Time
Appointment type
Permanent
Contact
Lindsey Barnes
Contact

telephone

Closing Date
25 April 2023

Finance Assistant (Accounts Receivable & Income)

37 hours per week

Salary £21,189 - £21,968

Dorchester, combined with home-working

What's in it for you:

If you are interested in beginning a rewarding career in Finance, or if you are looking for an opportunity to be an essential part of a team to play a crucial role in Finance & Commercial Services.

This role will allow you to make the difference.

To use your communication skills to support your colleagues across the council, providing guidance and administration to ensure efficient and safe finance arrangements.

You will have the opportunity to support us in finding new efficient ways of working. Recently we have migrated our finance systems to one, and there is still more work to continue this process. There are exciting and interesting times ahead and lots of projects to be involved in.

We are a truly collaborative team who openly support and develop each other, going out of our way to offer knowledge, time, and practical support.

We also offer hybrid and flexible working around the needs of the team and the service, that supports a healthy work-life balance.

Your opinion counts. You can take part in Employee surveys, staff engagement sessions and Employee Forum's. The Employee Forum's act as a 'voice' and helps us shape the future.

What you can expect to be doing:
You will provide high quality, technical and financial support services to the Council.

It is an essential part of the role to ensure that consistent, accurate and timely financial management information and advice is available for managers and other stakeholders to be able to make informed decisions about their services.

We make sure that bank files are uploaded each day along with multiple other tasks. This is crucial to the running of the organisation.

Allocation of income from the bank statements is equally important as this will reduce the amount of aged debt within the Council.

There is also the opportunity to be involved in projects as we are always looking at improvements and also have changes that we need to make.

An example of a recent project was making Tax Digital.

This was a large exciting project and you will have the opportunity to be part of these working groups to help shape Dorset Council.

About you:

We are looking for someone who is motivated and works well within a team and also as an individual. You will need to be able to trouble shoot where necessary.

You will be able to communicate financial information confidently with customers, colleagues and managers.

You will be willing to learn and understand the work of colleagues, other teams, customers and developing services to support them better.

Full training is given but experience in previous financial roles is desirable.

Employees can share this advert by using the button links alongside the job title.

For more details and informal discussion regarding this position, please contact Lindsey Barnes

Dorset Council:
A great place to work
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

Find out more about how to apply.