Senior Accountant in Warwick

Warwickshire County Council is a top performing local authority with a reputation for innovation, efficiency and exceptional financial management. We have recently set our budget for 2026/27 with a balanced Medium‑Term Financial Strategy through to 2030/31 and our 2024/25 Statement of Accounts received a clean audit opinion. Our latest Value for Money audit awarded us top marks across all indicators, including Financial Sustainability.

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced finance professional: the Senior Accountant – Financial Strategy role within the Strategic Finance team. If you can match our ambition to drive Warwickshire County Council forward through an exciting period for Local Government Finance, we would like to hear from you.

About The Role

£48,226 to £50,269 plus an additional £4,500 per annum. This role is critical to continuing our high performance, working with senior leaders at the heart of strategic decision‑making to deliver a complex portfolio of work. The ideal candidate will be professional, enthusiastic and ready for a new challenge to help us take our team and processes to the next level. You will be a qualified accountant with substantial post‑qualification experience in a similar role.

Playing a central role in the Finance Service, you’ll join the Financial Strategy team (reporting to the Finance Manager – Financial Strategy) and help co‑ordinate and deliver the Council’s annual budget and Medium‑Term Financial Strategy (MTFS). You will support the detailed build, refresh and maintenance of the MTFS and medium‑term resource plan, review service spending plans, pressures and savings delivery, and ensure the organisation stays on top of key corporate funding streams (council tax, business rates and government grant income).

You will provide high‑quality strategic and technical financial advice to senior stakeholders, supporting the Head of Strategic Finance, the Director of Finance and Corporate Board on all aspects of financial planning and management. The role includes co‑ordinating and producing in‑year revenue budget monitoring (including reports to Corporate Board, Cabinet and other committees), producing robust financial tables and reconciliations to underpin reporting, calculating and agreeing authority‑wide inflation allocations (pay and non‑pay), ensuring revenue budget uploads and reconciliations to corporate control totals are managed effectively, contributing to corporate financial risk and reserves work, and completing statutory returns and other corporate finance tasks relevant to the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver MTFS refresh and produce in‑year revenue monitoring/reporting outputs.
• Provide clear strategic advice and influence senior decisions across the Council.
• Co‑ordinate and produce the Council’s annual budget and MTFS.
• Produce robust financial tables, reconciliations and reports for Corporate Board and Cabinet.
• Calculate and agree authority‑wide inflation allocations (pay and non‑pay).
• Ensure effective revenue budget uploads and reconciliations to corporate control totals.
• Contribute to corporate financial risk, reserves work and statutory returns.

Key Requirements / Qualifications

• Qualified and experienced finance professional with post‑qualification experience in a similar role.
• Deliver MTFS refresh and in‑year revenue monitoring/reporting outputs.
• Provide clear strategic advice and influence senior decisions across the Council.
• Maintain corporate funding and inflation assumptions to support robust forecasts.
• Maintain strong controls (reconciliations, statutory returns, reserves/risk) and improve processes.

Working for Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, and we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure.

Generous pension scheme with an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 % per month. Access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform. Agile working and a valuable part of the pay and reward package. Generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas.

Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is required; you must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

Application Process

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application.

Closing Date: Tuesday 26th May
Interview Date: Thursday 18th June

If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Phillips, Finance Manager – Financial Strategy, by email: stephaniephillips@warwickshire.gov.uk. If you require application forms in an alternative format/language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under‑representation in its workforce.