Financial Assistant in Leeds

£29,989 per annum (pay award pending) - Grade 4

Leeds / Hybrid

Full time / Permanent

Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share.

We are excited to announce a new vacancy for a Finance Assistant within our Corporate Finance Team. As our new Finance Assistant, you will work across the full purchase‑to‑pay and income cycle, gaining hands‑on experience in processing invoices, preparing payments, reconciling bank activity, and supporting key financial controls. This role is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring Finance Assistant who wants to build a solid foundation in both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, whilst developing confidence with internal financial systems and processes.

As a Finance Assistant within the Combined Authority, you will collaborate closely with colleagues across the wider Finance function, including Finance Business Partners, and provide support to a range of internal directorates. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a busy, collaborative environment and is looking for a role that offers genuine development, exposure to multiple areas of finance, and the chance to make a meaningful contribution from day one.

Our Offer

• Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career.
• Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays.
• Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1–5).
• Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Investing in you – Take advantage of fully funded professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year.
• Grow with us – Incremental salary progression for most roles and annual cost of living increases.
• Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most.
• Your wellbeing, our priority – Access 24/7 free confidential counselling services and the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends.
• Modern workspace in a prime location – Work in bright, contemporary offices just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station, fully equipped with the latest tech.

The Role

Reporting into the Finance Officer, your key responsibilities will include:

• Timely and accurate input into a range of financial systems including AP ledger, AR ledger, journal entries and bank reconciliation.
• Assistance across a range of other financial work including reconciliations, support with preparation of financial accounts, recharge calculations, budget variance analysis.
• Resolving/managing queries from both internal and external sources.

Please review the Role Profile for more information about the responsibilities.

About You

You will have the following key skills, attributes, education, and experience:

• Have a strong understanding and demonstrable experience of financial controls and procedures, ideally within a Local Authority environment.
• Have strong team working skills, be results / deadline driven and support partnership working across the whole organisation.
• Be educated to GCSE level or equivalent in English and Maths.
• Have experience in a similar role.

To Apply

If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form on our website and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile.

Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form.

Further Information

The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met.

Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis.