Accountancy and Audit Officer

About The Role

We are looking for someone with a strong sense of doing the right thing to protect the Council and its assets to join our Accountancy and Audit teams to assist in the delivery of their services. This is a varied role including: completing financial analyses, data imports and recharges, budget monitoring, reconciliations, tasks for the statement of accounts and assisting with internal audit assignments.

You will also provide administrative and technical support to the Section 151 Officer, and the Deputy Section 151 Officers and will be required to work collaboratively with other Council services on financial matters.

We will consider applications for full-time or part-time hours.

It is vital to us that you have experience in an accountancy or internal audit environment and have excellent numeracy, ICT and communication skills. You will need time management skills, flexibility to deal with changing priorities and an ability to work on your own initiative to achieve the required objectives. Strong inter-personal skills will enable you to work as part of a team both within the Finance and ICT directorate and with the other services in the Council.

It is desirable that you have an accounting technician qualification or relevant internal audit qualification and an understanding of the different categories of input and output Value Added Tax.

We take pride in receiving feedback from others who say we are a friendly and professional organisation. By working for us you will become part of the team and will play your part in serving our community. You would be joining one of the most forward-looking borough councils in the Southeast, who is on the local government reorganisation pathway to become a combined authority from April 2028.

• We offer a great pension scheme, authorised parking, tech schemes and a car lease scheme to name a few of the benefits of working for us.

We encourage our employees to make a valuable contribution to the work of the Council by having a trusting and open culture, where ideas are actively sought. We also recognise the value of a highly motivated and engaged workforce. We are committed to ensuring our services are delivered to the highest possible standard and we put the customer at the forefront of everything we do.

As part of Local Government Reorganisation, current plans will see us combine with Portsmouth City Council and the borough councils of Gosport and Havant and parts of East Hampshire and Winchester district councils to form a new, larger unitary authority for South East Hampshire.

We are working towards an implementation date of 1st April 2028, known as vesting day, subject to Parliamentary approval. Until then, we remain focused on maintaining continuity, supporting our workforce, and continuing to deliver excellent services to our residents throughout the transition to the new unitary authority.

This is an exciting time to join us, offering the opportunity to contribute to organisational transformation, develop your career, and help shape future services for our communities.

More information about Local Government Reorganisation can be found on our website