Finance Assistant

The hourly rate for this role is £14.15 per hour plus an additional annual leave allowance.

As a bank contract there are no set hours for this role; hours and location of work will be mutually agreed with the hiring manager in advance. Your office location is likely to be either Quadrant Court in Woking or Consort House in Redhill.

The Children, Families and Learning Directorate provides a range of highly specialist services to children and young people who are vulnerable and/or have special educational needs, including complex disabilities or additional needs such as English as a second language. Services are delivered directly to children and their families, to early years settings, to schools and alternative education settings within extensive statutory frameworks.

As a Finance Assistant you will provide co-ordinated and comprehensive financial support throughout the Directorate in accordance with the County and Directorate Financial Procedures.

This role supports the budget planning and monitoring activities for the Directorate budget. You will work collaboratively with team members to provide a high quality and efficient finance service to support the Directorate's overall aim to improve outcomes for children.

Finance Assistants undertake routine financial functions, use SAP and assist in the accountancy cycle of budget monitoring and closure of accounts. You will play a key role in the provision of a high quality and responsive finance service to operational teams and front-line staff. Continuously applying improvements to increase customer satisfaction, you will work collaboratively to maintain a consistency of approach across the Directorate.

In this role you will work together with the Finance Team Leader and Senior Finance Assistant to establish objectives and take responsibility for managing a workload; organising and prioritising work to meet strict financial deadlines. You will provide regular updates on workload status and raise any potential problems in meeting deadlines. You will work as part of a team and build positive relationships with team members and practitioners.

To be shortlisted for interview, your CV and personal statement must clearly evidence the following:

• Ability to provide excellent customer service and be prepared to go the extra mile in meeting people's needs
• An understanding of the need for confidentiality
• A willingness to undertake continuous professional development
• Ability to use feedback to develop, reflect and learn from own behaviour, identifying impact of actions on others

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 11/06/2023.

Interviews will take place from 12/06/2023.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit the advert on the employer site.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups. We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.