Senior Accounts Assistant

Overview

Role
:
Senior Accounts Assistant

Location
:
Town Hall, Chorley

Contract
:
Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent

Salary
: 31,537 - 33,699

Closing Date
: 1 February 2026

Looking for your next step in finance? We're on the lookout for someone who enjoys working with numbers, systems, and people. In this role, you ll help budget holders plan effectively, support grant claims, and keep things running smoothly behind the scenes. If you re organised, confident with finance systems, and ready to make a real difference, we d love to hear from you.

• Supporting budget holders to compile revenue and capital budgets in accordance with each council s medium term financial and corporate planning processes.
• Supporting the completion of grant claims with leads outside of Finance.
• Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of issues affecting services so as to understand and anticipate the needs of the services supported.

• Experience and knowledge of working with financial and management information systems.
• Experience of financial accounting procedures and transactional accounting processes.
• Experience of working in a team and delivering outcomes.
• Awareness of statutory and non-statutory requirements and legislation in relation to finance and VAT.
• Awareness of Accounting Techniques.
• Strong finance system knowledge and skills.
• Ability to deliver a first-class customer service.
• Ability to communicate confidently and effectively.
• Ability to work effectively with other finance team members.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and manage workloads effectively.
• Strong IT/ MS Office skills - Excel and Word.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Hybrid/agile working from day one
• Local Government pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Volunteering days
• Free parking

Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the Contact Us form on our careers website.