Accountancy Assistant (Bank Reconciliation)

The main focus of your role will be to download and import bank statements to the council's bank reconciliation system and ensure that all income and expenditure is allocated appropriately. You will also support the Senior Accountancy Assistant.Full training will be given but you need to be IT literate and have some experience of working in an administrative role.

We have an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated person with good communication and numerical skills to join our hard-working and friendly team.The successful candidate will need to be available Monday to Friday to take responsibility for our bank reconciliation system however, we can be flexible on hours of work., The ideal candidate will have;

• Good communication skills
• A willingness to work as part of a team
• A flexible approach combined with a positive attitude
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• An ability to confidently use Microsoft Office, Excel and similar IT software
• Experience of working in an admin role which includes some financial elements
• Previous experience of using Windows based packages is essential and any local government finance experience would be ideal., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and as a result we are always looking to recruit, develop and retain the very best talent we can find. So, as well as a rewarding career, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as:
• Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlement with options to purchase additional annual leave
• Committed training programme and development opportunities
• Onsite nursery with 20% staff discount
• Discounted Gym and swim membership
• Health and Wellbeing support and a Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and the Kaarp discount scheme.
We are an employer that values face to face communication, collaboration and connection, therefore all our roles have an office-based requirement with some agile working as part of the role.