Overview
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
The Finance Team in Cambridgeshire is well regarded and is a key support service that helps the smooth running of the Council and ensures value for money for local taxpayers.
Working with experienced leads for schools finance as part of the wider Finance Team this role makes a real difference to the financial sustainability of our schools and is a key part of ensuring good stewardship of public funds.
This post will be full time within our traded finance team who support maintained schools as part of the annual financial cycle,
We work on a hybrid basis at Cambridgeshire, this role is primarily homebased with the option to use the office when necessary and to visit schools when needed.
Re-location support can be provided to eligible people who move to the local area for this role.
Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 20th February 2025.
For more information or to arrange an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact Martin Wade at Finance@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
About you
We are looking to appoint a committed and self-motivated financial professional to support the team in the provision of a comprehensive financial support service to our customers and partners.
Ideally you would be a fully or part-qualified accountant, or have extensive relevant experience, and be able to demonstrate experience in budget setting, monitoring and planning, together with strong technical accounting skills. You should have a proven track record of undertaking complex financial analysis and possess the ability to communicate this information in an understandable manner.
We are committed to the professional development of our staff in the Finance Team, so don’t be worried if you don’t have a background in Schools finance.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
