Exchequer Officer

This is an important role within our Corporate Finance team, providing high-quality Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Cashiering support across the Council. As an Exchequer Officer, you will help ensure income, payments and financial transactions are processed accurately, efficiently and on time, while providing excellent customer service to colleagues, customers, suppliers and service users.

We’re looking for someone who is highly organised, numerate and confident working with financial information. You’ll be supporting a busy Exchequer service, processing and recording transactions, helping ensure invoices are paid promptly, income is managed effectively and outstanding debt is followed up appropriately. You’ll also work closely with budget holders, service users, procurement colleagues, suppliers and other members of the Finance team, explaining financial processes clearly and helping colleagues access reliable information when they need it.

• GCSEs, equivalent qualifications, or experience demonstrating this level of applied knowledge.
• Experience of working in Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cashiering or a similar financial processing environment.
• Experience of handling high-volume processing with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good analytical, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain financial processes to non-financial colleagues.
• Confidence using IT applications, including finance systems and Excel.
• The ability to work well as part of a team, manage your own workload and use your initiative in a changing operating environment.

• A competitive salary
• Support for your continuous professional development
• Generous Leave Allowance
• Free Parking
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working/Hybrid working to support your work-life balance
• Family Friendly Packages
• A comprehensive benefits package, find out more on our website

At Havant Borough Council, our values shape how we work, make decisions and serve our communities. We're looking for people who demonstrate our values every day:

• Ambitious: we want to be the best for our Borough, our communities, and partners;
  We are performance driven.
• Accountable: we take personal responsibility for our decisions; we are one team.
• Collaborative: we develop strong, productive relationships.
• Agile: we are responsive to change; we evolve our ways of working.
• H'avant Garde: we are solutions-focused, and we learn continuously.

If these values describe you, we would love to hear in your covering letter how you demonstrated them in your career and experience.

This role is advertised full time 37 hours per week, although we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working and would consider a job share/part time hours. If this is an option you’d like to explore, please let us know how many hours you are looking for in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond).

If you would like to discuss the role, please contact Amanda Marquis by email , or Denise Bendon

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Due to the current employment climate, we are receiving a high number of applicants for each post and may not acknowledge receipt. You will be notified shortly after the closing date if you are shortlisted.

We want our workforce to reflect our diverse local communities and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.

The council is an inclusive employer and appoints on merit. We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for Veterans.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff members to share this commitment.

Havant Borough Council is a Category 1 Responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. All employees of the Authority will be expected to support any necessary actions required during an emergency response.

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