Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

We are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a local authority's Finance & Procurement team. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong attention to detail and experience in financial administration, transactional processing and supporting budget monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

• Raise and manage purchase orders.
• Process and resolve supplier invoice queries.
• Maintain accurate financial records and information.
• Act as a point of contact for finance-related queries within Children's Services.
• Support budget holders with financial systems and information.
• Assist with budget monitoring through the analysis of financial data.
• Ensure financial regulations and procedures are followed.
• Support Finance Business Partners with financial information and ad hoc analysis.
• Assist with wider finance projects and service improvements.

About You

• Experience working with financial processes, including purchase orders and invoices.
• Experience maintaining accurate financial records and using financial systems.
• Strong numeracy, IT and attention-to-detail skills.
• Good communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to investigate and resolve financial queries.
• Able to organise and prioritise your workload effectively.
• Experience analysing financial information would be advantageous.
• Local authority or public sector experience is desirable.
• AAT Level 2/3, or willingness to work towards this, is desirable.

Location: Hybrid - minimum 1 day per week in the office

Contract: Temporary

Directorate: Finance & Procurement