Finance Technician

  • Lincoln, United Kingdom
  • Lincolnshire County Council
  • Full-Time
  • On-Site

Job Description:

Contract to start ASAP

Duration: 20 weeks with a possible extension.

Responsibilities:

Support senior finance staff to accurately monitor revenue and capital budget preparation, budget monitoring and closure of the final accounts.

Work with low-risk budget managers and support senior finance staff to provide financial intelligence underpinning the advice and guidance to budget managers.

Assist in the delivery of effective financial planning and financial management in relation to all revenue and capital budgets.

Provide customers and colleagues with the provision of accurate and effective financial information including the implications of low-risk service development proposals and statutory changes.

Look to continuously improve services, identifying where possible, value for money savings and managing within allocated budgets.

Structure financial data relating to key income and expenditure drivers enabling problems to be solved.

Work with senior staff to provide financial intelligence underpinning budget manager advice and guidance.

Responsible for maintaining accounts, verifying and posting approved journals and budget virements.

To assist the budget setting process structure and monitor financial data relating to key income and expenditure drivers for low-risk budgets.

Work within a sound financial control environment including structured, efficient, and compliant financial systems.

Review Budget Holder outturn projections ensuring, in particular, that budgets are realistic, resources have been allocated promptly and outturn projections look reasonable in relation to spending to date.

Assisting with the development of systems, processes and reports to help improve the accuracy of outturn projections, particularly for large, more volatile and higher risk budgets.

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