Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified
Accountant (CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)to join our highly regarded
finance team.
Hybrid (Base office will be the closest NYC office to
your home) with an occasional need for travel to County Hall, Northallerton
Main duties of the job
Its more than just the bottom line
As a key enabling service, the recently restructured finance
team supports financial management across the whole council, as well as
external clients and our council owned companies.
As a qualified accountant you will make a real contribution,
stretching your abilities to overcome challenges and benefitting from the
resulting opportunities and rewards.
This role offers a varied
workload with numerous opportunities to apply and grow your financial
expertise, including:
- Supporting improvement
projects across the organization
- Assisting departments in
setting accurate service budgets
- Contributing to strategic
financial planning
- Enhancing commercial
effectiveness
Performing traditional
accounting functions such as:
- Treasury Management
- Producing statutory
accounts
Add to this the satisfaction of contributing to the
achievement of great outcomes for our community, using your professional
finance skills to help deliver services that make a positive change to peoples
lives very often the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in our communities -
and it adds up to a rewarding and stimulating role.
About us
The service comprises a range of professional or technical
roles which support a generic flexible structure.
The Finance Team is organised into directorate (or
specialist) teams and targeted at higher risk budgets/services/projects. This
in turn enables strong working relationships; an in-depth understanding of
client finances; and value-added services.
Building knowledge and expertise across our service is key
to our success and therefore over time, our flexible structure provides
opportunity for job rotation, giving team members the chance to grow their
skills and experience whilst building resilience across the whole team.
In return for your hard work, we can offer you a friendly,
supportive team environment and, in addition to your salary, we offer a range
of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.
These include:
- An excellent local government
pension scheme
- salary sacrifice schemes
- employee discount benefits
including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
- travel loans
- Health Assured confidential
help and support for your wellbeing
The service has embraced modern work practices, enabling
colleagues to work from home, or any of our offices across the county. We come
together as a team for development, connection and collaboration, otherwise we
work where its most productive to do so. You will be provided with technology
to enable efficient and effective work, ensuring that you are connected and
well supported.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Context
Finance is a
key enabling service for North Yorkshire Council. It operates a hub and spoke
business partnering model providing support for the corporate core and
organisation generally, as well as specific support to the councils 5
directorates. The team is structured into directorate-based teams led by an
Assistant Director (lead finance business partners) which in turn are supported
by Heads of Finance and in most service areas, Senior Accountants, which are
the key managerial and professional roles within the service with
responsibility for a portfolio of services.
The continued
success and development of the service is dependent upon delivering
high-quality, value for money services which meet the needs of customers. This
is a customer facing role and requires the establishment of strong
relationships with customers (both internal and external).
The Finance
Team is part of the Resources Directorate. The service is responsible for
financial management advice, support and systems for the Council and a number
of external clients.
The role of
Accountant within the Finance Team is a generic supporting role, in one of the
areas of specialism within the following Head of Finance portfolios:
- Children &
Families, Inclusion and Education & Skills
- Schools, High
Needs and Early Years
- Adult Social
Care
- Corporate and
Technical
- Strategic
Finance and Central Services
- External/Commercial
- Planning and
Economic Development
- Culture,
Leisure and Housing
- Highways and
Waste
- Transport,
Regulatory and Projects Post holders will work within a team of specialist
finance staff to deliver a range of financial support services.
Post holders
will support the area of responsibility to which they are assigned but will
also, as required, provide financial support across the service to help teams
manage fluctuating demand.
The Finance
Service operates through a business partnering model. As we bring together the
former 8 councils in North Yorkshire, service managers will be on a journey
towards taking responsibility for the finances of their business using a range
of self-serve tools and Finance team support targeted at higher risk and
value-added areas.
The finance
team is based at County Hall, but the service is delivered through hybrid
working including working from any of the Councils offices or at home to meet
the needs of our customers and teams. The job involves some travel to visit
clients and attend team meetings and training courses.
Job Purpose
The core focus
of this job is to work within a specialist team - providing financial
information, advice and support to a range of customers including budget
managers, senior management, and partners / external clients.
Operational
Management
- Assist and
support budget managers through budget setting and monitoring as part of the
framework for the finance function as a whole,
- Assess
financial implications of initiatives and/or changes to the business of the
Council.
- Analyse
financial performance, so contributing to medium and long term business
planning/forecasts.
- Promote and
uphold standard ways of working in line with the framework for the finance
function as a whole, as determined by the Corporate Director, Resources.
- Ensure
appropriate professional financial and related standards as required by the
Corporate Director, Resources and the Councils Constitution.
- Assist and
support budget managers to ensure completion of the annual financial accounts
in line with the framework as determined by the Corporate Director, Resources.
- Assist in the
development of business cases and commercial ventures, including using a range
of estimating, forecasting and scenario testing techniques.
- To deputise for
Senior Accountant or Head of Finance as required.
- Undertake
financial modelling/scenario analysis on such projects/budgets as assigned to
the post.
- Provide
financial support to projects.
- Assist in the
provision of financial support to higher risk projects and budgets.
- Promote
professional standards in line with statutory and regulatory requirements and
as determined by the Corporate Director, Strategic Resources.
- Contribute to
the preparation of statistical returns, closedown of accounts and other returns.
Communications
- Offer
professional judgement on financial matters and advising on ways of improving
business performance.
- Deliver
financial and related training to a range of customers.
- Promote a
culture of informed and evidence (from a range of sources) based decision
making and provide such support as required to a range of customers.
Partnership
/ Corporate working
- Liaise with
other teams internal and external to finance including business support in
order to ensure the consistency and integrity of data within financial systems.
- Work alongside
the finance business partners to provide support in the provision of financial
processes and information to the business.
Resource
Management
- Ensure a sound
budgetary control environment within areas assigned to the post.
- Ensure
structural integrity of the ledger and related financial systems relating to
the areas assigned to the post.
- Prepare and
contribute towards reports to management/Members where there are financial or
financially related considerations.
- Supervise such
staff as assigned to the post or to the task/project.
Systems and
Information
- Contribute
towards development of key financial and management information systems as part
of a team approach with services, ICT and Project Management.
- Ensure
structural integrity of the general ledger and related financial systems
relating to the areas assigned to the post.
- Prepare and
contribute towards reports to management/Members where there is financial or
financially related considerations.
- Ensure a sound
budgetary control environment within areas assigned to the post.
Strategic
Management
- Carry out
projects where there is a need for strategic financial input as assigned to the
post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Context
Finance is a
key enabling service for North Yorkshire Council. It operates a hub and spoke
business partnering model providing support for the corporate core and
organisation generally, as well as specific support to the councils 5
directorates. The team is structured into directorate-based teams led by an
Assistant Director (lead finance business partners) which in turn are supported
by Heads of Finance and in most service areas, Senior Accountants, which are
the key managerial and professional roles within the service with
responsibility for a portfolio of services.
The continued
success and development of the service is dependent upon delivering
high-quality, value for money services which meet the needs of customers. This
is a customer facing role and requires the establishment of strong
relationships with customers (both internal and external).
The Finance
Team is part of the Resources Directorate. The service is responsible for
financial management advice, support and systems for the Council and a number
of external clients.
The role of
Accountant within the Finance Team is a generic supporting role, in one of the
areas of specialism within the following Head of Finance portfolios:
- Children &
Families, Inclusion and Education & Skills
- Schools, High
Needs and Early Years
- Adult Social
Care
- Corporate and
Technical
- Strategic
Finance and Central Services
- External/Commercial
- Planning and
Economic Development
- Culture,
Leisure and Housing
- Highways and
Waste
- Transport,
Regulatory and Projects Post holders will work within a team of specialist
finance staff to deliver a range of financial support services.
Post holders
will support the area of responsibility to which they are assigned but will
also, as required, provide financial support across the service to help teams
manage fluctuating demand.
The Finance
Service operates through a business partnering model. As we bring together the
former 8 councils in North Yorkshire, service managers will be on a journey
towards taking responsibility for the finances of their business using a range
of self-serve tools and Finance team support targeted at higher risk and
value-added areas.
The finance
team is based at County Hall, but the service is delivered through hybrid
working including working from any of the Councils offices or at home to meet
the needs of our customers and teams. The job involves some travel to visit
clients and attend team meetings and training courses.
Job Purpose
The core focus
of this job is to work within a specialist team - providing financial
information, advice and support to a range of customers including budget
managers, senior management, and partners / external clients.
Operational
Management
- Assist and
support budget managers through budget setting and monitoring as part of the
framework for the finance function as a whole,
- Assess
financial implications of initiatives and/or changes to the business of the
Council.
- Analyse
financial performance, so contributing to medium and long term business
planning/forecasts.
- Promote and
uphold standard ways of working in line with the framework for the finance
function as a whole, as determined by the Corporate Director, Resources.
- Ensure
appropriate professional financial and related standards as required by the
Corporate Director, Resources and the Councils Constitution.
- Assist and
support budget managers to ensure completion of the annual financial accounts
in line with the framework as determined by the Corporate Director, Resources.
- Assist in the
development of business cases and commercial ventures, including using a range
of estimating, forecasting and scenario testing techniques.
- To deputise for
Senior Accountant or Head of Finance as required.
- Undertake
financial modelling/scenario analysis on such projects/budgets as assigned to
the post.
- Provide
financial support to projects.
- Assist in the
provision of financial support to higher risk projects and budgets.
- Promote
professional standards in line with statutory and regulatory requirements and
as determined by the Corporate Director, Strategic Resources.
- Contribute to
the preparation of statistical returns, closedown of accounts and other returns.
Communications
- Offer
professional judgement on financial matters and advising on ways of improving
business performance.
- Deliver
financial and related training to a range of customers.
- Promote a
culture of informed and evidence (from a range of sources) based decision
making and provide such support as required to a range of customers.
Partnership
/ Corporate working
- Liaise with
other teams internal and external to finance including business support in
order to ensure the consistency and integrity of data within financial systems.
- Work alongside
the finance business partners to provide support in the provision of financial
processes and information to the business.
Resource
Management
- Ensure a sound
budgetary control environment within areas assigned to the post.
- Ensure
structural integrity of the ledger and related financial systems relating to
the areas assigned to the post.
- Prepare and
contribute towards reports to management/Members where there are financial or
financially related considerations.
- Supervise such
staff as assigned to the post or to the task/project.
Systems and
Information
- Contribute
towards development of key financial and management information systems as part
of a team approach with services, ICT and Project Management.
- Ensure
structural integrity of the general ledger and related financial systems
relating to the areas assigned to the post.
- Prepare and
contribute towards reports to management/Members where there is financial or
financially related considerations.
- Ensure a sound
budgetary control environment within areas assigned to the post.
Strategic
Management
- Carry out
projects where there is a need for strategic financial input as assigned to the
post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent
Values
Essential
- Our values are at the heart of what we do and what we want to achieve.
- Values
- Our values are inclusive, ambitious, creative and together I ACT. These values guide how we with our customers, partners and others work together to achieve the councils ambitions.
- Inclusive we act with kindness and integrity, respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity.
- Ambitious we are citizen and community focused, and adaptable in our approach to delivering excellent services as one local council.
- Creative we are connected, inventive, continuously learning and look for improvements that deliver value for money.
- Together we work collaboratively with colleagues and partners as one team to deliver our shared goals.
- Behaviours
- Our behaviours are the ways in which we demonstrate the values of our council.
- Inclusive
- Be kind, compassionate and treat each other with respect.
- Be inclusive, seek the views of others and respond positively even when there are differences.
- Celebrate diversity recognising each others contributions.
- Ambitious
- Be aspirational in our service delivery for our local communities.
- Seek opportunities to share ideas and develop our approaches across partners.
- Understand how to deliver priorities on a locality basis.
- Creative
- Adapt to a changing environment by listening to others and learning from each other.
- Think differently and seek new ways to improve services.
- See feedback and shared views as opportunities to learn.
- Together
- Build on and develop relationships with colleagues and partners.
- Deliver excellent customer service through partnership working.
- Be visible and accessible within the team and with others to achieve goals together.
- Ambitions
- Our Council Plan sets out our long-term ambitions. This includes the need to attract new businesses while developing traditional sectors such as farming and tourism and ensuring career opportunities are available for young people in North Yorkshire. The plan sets out how we deliver services ranging from education, highways and social care to waste collection and disposal, planning and economic development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent
Values
Essential
- Our values are at the heart of what we do and what we want to achieve.
- Values
- Our values are inclusive, ambitious, creative and together I ACT. These values guide how we with our customers, partners and others work together to achieve the councils ambitions.
- Inclusive we act with kindness and integrity, respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity.
- Ambitious we are citizen and community focused, and adaptable in our approach to delivering excellent services as one local council.
- Creative we are connected, inventive, continuously learning and look for improvements that deliver value for money.
- Together we work collaboratively with colleagues and partners as one team to deliver our shared goals.
- Behaviours
- Our behaviours are the ways in which we demonstrate the values of our council.
- Inclusive
- Be kind, compassionate and treat each other with respect.
- Be inclusive, seek the views of others and respond positively even when there are differences.
- Celebrate diversity recognising each others contributions.
- Ambitious
- Be aspirational in our service delivery for our local communities.
- Seek opportunities to share ideas and develop our approaches across partners.
- Understand how to deliver priorities on a locality basis.
- Creative
- Adapt to a changing environment by listening to others and learning from each other.
- Think differently and seek new ways to improve services.
- See feedback and shared views as opportunities to learn.
- Together
- Build on and develop relationships with colleagues and partners.
- Deliver excellent customer service through partnership working.
- Be visible and accessible within the team and with others to achieve goals together.
- Ambitions
- Our Council Plan sets out our long-term ambitions. This includes the need to attract new businesses while developing traditional sectors such as farming and tourism and ensuring career opportunities are available for young people in North Yorkshire. The plan sets out how we deliver services ranging from education, highways and social care to waste collection and disposal, planning and economic development.
