Finance Officer

We operate a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

We are looking to recruit a temporary Finance Officer to join our Finance & Procurement service.

About the role

To support the Finance Manager and the Assistant Finance Manager in carrying out their responsibilities to provide an accurate and timely financial service. Including assisting with the preparation of detailed budgets, monitoring reports and final accounts, and raising and receipting Purchase Orders on the Authority’s Purchasing system.

About the candidate

The successful candidate will have a high level of interpersonal skills combined with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal & external contacts including dealing with external organisations and members of the public on a regular basis. The ability to multitask, and to prioritise conflicting workloads and work to deadlines is essential, as is the ability to carry out tasks with a high degree of accuracy, attention to detail and professionalism with minimum supervision.

You’ll be expected to work individually, and as part of a team. The ability to be methodical and to demonstrate initiative to make decisions accordingly, and good Communication skills, both oral and written is needed. Intermediate skills in the use of Microsoft Excel software to be able to create comprehensive spreadsheets thus making the service more efficient in their work with regards monitoring and reconciliation.

Due to the requirements of the role the successful candidate must have a level of Welsh fluency on appointment. Please see the person specification for the further details.

Our offer to you

We are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role’s key areas of responsibility but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.

In exchange for your skills and commitment we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible working, competitive annual leave allowance, enhanced family benefits, lifestyle savings and employee health and wellbeing packages.

We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

• Hybrid Working:Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
• Flexi-time:Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.

More information about our wide-ranging employee benefits can be found on our careers website.

Interviews

Interviews will be held on 27/03/2026. To reduce disruption to candidates, interviews will be held remotely.

For further information and an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Linda Hughes on  or email Li

Note:
We reserve the right to extend the Final date to receive applications.

• Work-life balance
• Lifestyle savings scheme
• Generous employer pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Learning and development

Finance and Procurement

We ensure the Council remains financially resilient through careful and responsible monitoring of funds, effective corporate procurement, prompt and accurate payments of financial assessments/creditors and timely collection of local taxation/debts.

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