Finance Officer

Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for an experienced Finance Officer to join Tameside Council on an initial 9 month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday. The Role: This is an excellent development opportunity for anyone wanting to broaden their experience and be involved in a number of high-profile pieces of work over the coming months including large scale capital projects in Engineers and Town Centre regeneration schemes. The role would be supporting on both revenue and capital aspects of the budget and will play an important role in supporting budget holders to move to self-service over the coming months. Key areas of finance support that the role will provide include: Parking Services and Licensing, Strategic Property Services, Engineers & Highways, and Capital Schemes. Key Duties: * To contribute to the provision of financial management, technical and business planning advice, training and support within the appropriate areas of responsibilities to Elected Members, management, partners, internal and external clients. * To contribute to the reporting of financial management and business data within corporate governance and specific client requirements. * To proactively assist managers in client service areas/schools to discharge their responsibilities for financial management and achieving performance targets within the parameters of the financial procedure rules, proper accounting practice and legislation. * To support the coordination of revenue budget, medium term financial strategy, service plans and annual accounts in accordance with stringent timescales and processes for the whole of the Council and at other times as required by clients. Requirements: * Previous experience of working as a Finance Officer, ideally within a Local Authority or NHS Trust * AAT Qualified – preferable * Experience of Financial Ledger packages to deliver finance services * Good level of organisational skills, with the ability to manage a multi-priority workload If this role would be of interest to you, please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible