Senior Accountancy Officer

A bit about us: Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

Liverpool Children's Services have high ambitions and are on an improvement journey to become outstanding. We have an inspirational leadership team who have a fresh vision, dedicated to driving practice forward. It's an exciting time to join us and be part of that change.

The role: As a Senior Accountancy Officer you will be responsible for providing high-quality financial advice, guidance, and support to budget holders. Your main objective will be to contribute to the overall improvement in the management and performance of the financial administration of the City Council, with particular regard to the financial and operational management of services. Applications will be accepted from candidates who are working towards completing their AAT.

About you: We request your application and personal statement evidence how you meet the following criteria:

• Part Qualified Accountant (CCAB) or AAT qualified (or working towards completion or suitably qualifying experience)
• Experience of working accurately with procedures and deadlines in a financial environment and providing advice on those procedures
• Experience of and the ability to prepare budgets and final accounts within a framework of recognised accounting standards
• Experience of providing financial information and advice to budget holders/non finance managers
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing, particularly the ability to communicate complex financial issues to managers with a non-finance background
• Ability to contribute to a team working environment
• Ability to analyse and evaluate data
• An understanding of and a personal commitment to the Vision and Values of Liverpool City Council

Our offer to you:

• At least 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays rising to 32 after 5 years' service (pro rata if part time) - option to purchase further days
• Agile working (Role dependent) - A "Flexibility First" approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
• Part of the Local Government Pension scheme - option to join the AVC scheme
• Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
• Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
• Drive Time - a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Employee Volunteering Scheme
• Medicash

Next steps: Closing date: midnight on Wednesday 26 March. If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contact Lynne Sharples via email.

Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us.

Although we advertise on Jobs go public and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.

We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.