Finance Payments and Admin Officer

Enfield Council are a dynamic local authority driven by a clear vision of how we will transform the borough, address inequality and create a lifetime of opportunities for everyone who lives, works and learns in Enfield.

A vacancy has arisen in the Finance Business Partnering team – Education and Schools Finance Team for a Finance Assistant.

The role will support a busy finance team providing timely and high standards of customer service to schools and other Council staff in respect of payments to schools and dealing with queries and other finance related tasks. Key duties include:

• Calculating and updating monthly payments to schools using the Council’s schools advances system

• Completing financial reconciliations and ensuring that any imbalances are investigated and resolved

• Checking and following up on monthly and quarterly schools finance returns

• Liaising with Council staff and schools to deal with queries

• Pro-actively seeking opportunities to improve processes

To be suitable for the role you need to have strong numeracy and literacy skills, have good attention to detail and work accurately. You will also have good IT skills, specifically using Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook and accounting skills.

If you are have finance experience and enjoy dealing with people and resolving queries, then we’d like to hear from you.

Enfield offers a hybrid working arrangement with an expectation that staff will be in the office at least one day every other week as a minimum.

• Staff will be expected to attend the office as required by the service.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do – by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you – and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.

Why it’s great to work for Enfield Council:

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.

• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.

• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.

• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.

• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.

• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.

• 1 month paid sabbatical for Children’s Social Workers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Annette Trigg on annette.trigg@enfield.gov.uk for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team.

If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Rebecca Spyrou at rebecca.spyrou@enfield.gov.uk or at 020 8132 0008