Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant
- Chief Executive & SSWB
- Internal Only

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Job category/type Finance and Compliance

Date posted 30/07/2026

Job reference 19003

37 hours per week

The Council’s Finance Department provides a range of effective, efficient and high quality professional services with support to Members, managers, staff, services, schools and a range of external partners in the delivery of the Council’s objectives.

The department is seeking to appoint a Finance Assistant to support the Chief Executives and Social Services & Wellbeing Directorate. The post holder will be required to undertake a wide variety of tasks including :

• Assisting in the preparation and calculation of salary and non-salary budgets for services within the Council.
• Monthly monitoring of expenditure for various services and provision of financial information to Finance Officer.
• Dealing with queries and correspondence in respect of service budgets, including provision of financial information to budget holders.
• Administration of the Internal Charging Process.

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.