Senior Finance Technician - Adult Care & Place

We are seeking experienced and enthusiastic individuals to join us as Senior Finance Technicians within our Financial Services Team at Lincolnshire County Council. The roles will support Adult Care and Community Wellbeing, Place and Schools Finance directorates whilst also providing key corporate and technical finance service to the Council as a whole.

About the role: The Financial Services team provides the accounting service to the Council, encompassing both management and financial accounting functions, as well as VAT and treasury management services. The accounting functions cover both revenue and capital finance and include the major processes of closure of accounts, systems administration, grant administration and statutory returns.

About you: The ideal candidate should have a professional and organised approach to work with good knowledge of financial principles and practices, have suitable experience of working within public sector finance, possess excellent communication and ICT skills (particularly Excel), and hold a relevant accounting qualification (minimum of AAT or equivalent, or above). You will be joining an experienced and dedicated team with multiple priorities and need to work flexibly and be adaptable to change. The role will involve undertaking key financial processes, producing financial data within deadlines and to a high-quality standard within a fast-moving environment. You will also have technical accounting knowledge in order to carry out closure of accounts tasks and to support other team members in such tasks.

If this sounds like the ideal role for you, please read through the Job Description and summarised Job Brief to ensure you meet the required criteria, and to help you do the best application possible, before clicking apply. Please ensure that your cover letter fully states which role you are interested in, why you have applied and how you feel you meet the required criteria.

About our offer: We are offering a competitive starting salary of £30,296 with opportunities to progress, along with a local government pension, a comprehensive benefits package and many opportunities for professional support and development.

Next steps: If this sounds like the role for you, then please read through the attached Job Description and summarised Job Brief, to ensure you meet the required criteria for the role and to help you do the best application possible, before clicking apply. Interviews: 05/09/24

A Smarter Working Employer: We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process. Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.

Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check. All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application. On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions. Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.