Senior Finance Officer
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Directorate: Children's Social Care Finance
Grade: SO2
Salary: £37,443 to £39,264 - pay award pending
Contract Type: Full Time - 6 months Secondment (with possible extension)
Working hours per week: 36
Application Deadline: 26th July 2024
Proposed Interview Date(s): 30th & 31st July 2024
Reference:1307
** INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY**
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
About the role:
The Senior Finance Office will support senior finance staff in the provision of an efficient and effective financial support service to cost centre and other managers. To ensure services are delivered in accordance with service objectives, financial regulations, and within guidelines and frameworks set by the Director of Finance.
The candidate will require good IT skills specifically MSOffice and other Accounting systems however, additional training will be available in the use of other systems used by the team.
If you are interested in being part of this exciting opportunity to work within the Finance function of the Council ,with flexible working options and award-winning family friendly policies, please apply.
Waltham Forest is a Disability Confident employer.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Undertake Financial and other reconciliations;
- Maintain all required records and information, including the analysis and interpretation of complex information;
- Develop specialist documents / materials / activities to support / promote the service area;
- Provide advice and guidance to colleagues, customers and stakeholders. Manage escalated or complex customer issues within the Children and Young People Directorate.
- Involvement in the ongoing improvements to the financial management process including an understanding of Social care case management systems and its link with the budget monitoring process.
- Develop good working relationships, develop community links and communicate effectively with internal / external organisations / partners and stakeholders. Represent the finance team internally and / or externally.
- Support and undertake tasks in relation to the budget setting, budget monitoring and account closedown process
Qualifications and Requirements:
Although no specific qualification is required, preference will be given to candidates studying a professional Accountancy qualification including AAT.
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
- Satisfactory declaration of interest;
How to Apply:
** INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY**
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Falil Onikoyi at falil.onikoyi@walthamforest.gov.uk .
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
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