About the role

  • Accountant Coordinator in Finance Team at Suffolk County Council, ensuring financial support and process improvements across the organization. Collaborating with various teams to enhance financial management.

Responsibilities

  • Overseeing the financial helpdesk to ensure all areas of the council are supported, re-directing resources where required.
  • Reviewing all financial management process across the teams to identify opportunities for process improvements.
  • Co-ordinating training and knowledge sharing across financial management teams and preparing guidance for budget managers in services.
  • Working with other teams across Finance and Corporate Services to ensure we make best use of the tools available to aid financial management across the organisation.
  • Development of the PBCS/EPM processes and reports for budget setting and monitoring, making the most of technologies to improved efficiencies
  • Providing financial management support to directorates.

Requirements

  • AAT qualified or working towards CCAB (e.g CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA) or evidence of equivalent knowledge and skills.
  • Brings creativity into their work through innovation and actively embraces change.
  • Proactively identify and solve problems with limited management guidance.
  • Proven experience of remaining calm under pressure
  • Actively build and maintain a network of contacts in key positions.
  • Good understanding of local government operations and accounting practice and the need to be politically aware in a local government environment.
  • Evidence of very good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proven ability to plan and prioritise work to achieve deadlines.
  • Proven experience in leading others in objectively reviewing working practices and procedures in order to make improvements and efficiencies.
  • Advanced excel skills and the ability to extract information from multiple data sets

Benefits

  • up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
  • membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
  • performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
  • training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
  • a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
  • diverse and active staff networks
  • flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day

Job title

Account Coordinator

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£40,777 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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