The Fire and Rescue Service in Nottinghamshire is looking for a highly motivated and experienced professional to become an integral part of their Finance team.

Senior Accountancy Assistant
Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PP

• £29,269 - £31,364 (based on 37 hours) pro rata
• 15 hours per week
• Permanent

Please Note: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK

As a Senior Accountancy Assistant, you will provide a comprehensive range of accounting and financial services to the service including accounting, budgeting and financial reporting. This is an exciting opportunity that will ensure you are at the forefront of keeping communities safe.

Key Responsibilities:

• To reconcile the payroll transactions to the financial information system, to investigate variances, to input correcting journals and report explanations.
• Formulation of financial reports, estimates and statistics as well as contributing towards the calculation of new budgets as required.
• To maintain and produce all the Sales invoices for all income related to the service, ensuring that collection of debts is timely. Reporting to management potential bad debts and write off debts. Recording all levels of communication in the event of a small claim court case.
• Write procedures relevant to this role and work flexibly in busy periods to ensure that duties are carried out on time.
• At the financial year end, investigate balance sheets and analyse debtors and creditors while providing findings to external auditors.
• Provide the Finance Department with cover on a variety of tasks commensurate with the role.

Experience/Qualification:

• Experience working within a finance department and specialising in financial and management accounting.
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to liaise with external advisors and stakeholders.
• The ability to use Microsoft Office applications to an advanced level with a focus on Excel.
• Attention to detail and an understanding of confidentiality.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and concepts.
• Our client would love to hear from candidates who have previous experience working within the public sector, but this is not a deal breaker!

Benefits:

• Agile Working - The service is very proud to offer employees the ability to mix office work with working from home to provide flexibility to help with your work-life balance.
• Flexibility - Our client is family friendly and they are open to considering different working patterns which help you provide a better service to the community while supporting your home life. They are also open to part-time working
• Annual Leave - 23 days of annual leave with an extra three concessionary days, plus bank holidays and a Christmas concessionary day.
• Health and Wellbeing - As a service, they provide a wide range of Health and Wellbeing support to all employees which includes access to a Bupa cashback scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme and a dedicated Occupational Health team who are there to support you. Also, all employees receive free access to a gym.
• Blue Light Card enabling discounts on shopping and eating out
• Development - You will have access to both formal and informal professional development opportunities which will help you advance your career.
• Pension - Access to a public service defined benefit pension scheme.

If you feel you have the skills and experience our client is looking for and want to play an integral part in keeping Nottinghamshire communities safe, then the service looks forward to hearing from you.

How to apply for the role:

If you have the skills and experience required for this position, click "apply" today and you will be directed to the company website where you will be able to submit an application form.

Closing Date: Sunday 19th May 2024

Interview Date: Wednesday 29th May 2024

The Fire & Rescue Service in Nottinghamshire is proud to be an equal opportunities and 'Disability Confident’ employer, and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. They welcome applications from all communities and particularly those who are currently under-represented in the workforce.

This service is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and or neglect and operates a safer recruitment process.

The successful candidate will be subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Police Vetting check. Applicants must have had 3 years continuous residency in the UK to be eligible for a Police Vetting check.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted in place of application forms.

You must be authorised to work in the UK. No agencies please.

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