Finance Officer (Grade 4)

Job Description

Job Category: Finance
Location: Central, Liverpool City Council
Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £12.71

We are looking for a Finance Officer in Central Accounts Receivable for a minimum period of six months. The post offers agile working with a minimum of two days in the office which is based in Cunard Building.
This is Monday to Friday and hours will be discussed further.
Top rate £14.71 gross pay.
Hybrid working.

We are looking for:
• Previous experience of working accurately within procedures and deadlines in a financial environment.
• Accounts Receivable knowledge of micro-computing software packages, enquiry packages.
Finance experience within a large organisation.

Job Purpose:
• To assist the Finance Manager Central AR & Payments to control and develop the operation of the Council’s corporate debtors (Accounts Receivable) systems to provide a speedy, efficient and cost-effective service to customers.

Main Areas of Responsibility:
• To assist in the operation and future development of the Council’s corporate debtors (Accounts Receivable) systems.
• To create, monitor and processing of customers, income and cancelations.
• To maintain close liaison with service users with a view to continuous improvement of systems and customer satisfaction whilst achieving value for Budget and Financial Responsibility:
• Being fully accountable for managing the council’s resources well and complying with statutory requirements. This includes managing time, avoiding unnecessary waste, reuse and recycle resources to reduce personal impact.
• Monitor financial transactions investigate account variances and deliver within budget.
• Reconcile and control daily income.
• Monitor financial performance, update the financial system.

Qualifications and Training:
Accounts Receivable knowledge of micro-computing software packages, enquiry packages
Finance experience within a large organisation.

Experience:
Essential:
• Previous experience of working accurately within procedures and deadlines in a financial environment.
• Previous experience of providing advice upon those procedures.
• Experience of working in a team & helping that team meet shared targets.
• Experience of dealing with the public.

Desirable:
• Experience of implementation of financial management/administration systems and procedures and provision of training to other officers
• Previous experience of providing advice upon those procedures
• Previous experience of providing financial advice to budget holders
• Experience of Local Government Finance and ability to adapt to future developments
• Experience of working in a team & helping that team meet shared targets

Skills/Abilities:
Essential:
• Numerate. Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to react to changing work priorities*
• Ability to work accurately within strict deadlines.
• Ability to manage change.
• Ability to manage own workload.

Desirable:
• Ability to communicate effectively with budget holders and to communicate complex financial issues to managers with a non finance background.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment representing the finance function and with minimum levels of supervision.

Commitment:
Essential:
• An understanding of and a personal commitment to the Vision and Values of Liverpool City Council and the Council’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

Desirable:
• An understanding of and a personal commitment to the Vision and Values of Liverpool City Council.

Other:
• Ability to work under pressure and to react to changing work priorities.
• Ability to work accurately within strict deadlines.
• Awareness of customer care issues.