Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Hiring for Accounting Technician (Part Time) Job at Solihull, England Full Time

Hours (15-25 per week) – Salary quoted is FTE and will be pro rata’d dependent on hours worked.

The Resources, SCH & Commercial Finance team has an exciting opportunity for an Accounting Technician to join our busy but friendly and supportive team.

Our Financial Operations Division are proud of our proven track record of delivering an excellent service. Our approach to maintaining a three-Year Medium Term Financial Strategy has been held up as good practice nationally and for a number of years we have achieved External Audit reports with no recommendations for improvement. We believe in investing in training and providing support for staff to develop their careers.

The team supports a broad range of service areas within the Council and SCH, providing financial advice and assistance to both internal and external customers daily.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated individual, who is part AAT qualified having achieved AAT Accounting Qualification to Level 2 (or equivalent financial qualification) and has experience of working in a professional finance environment, using financial systems and has effective organisational and communication skills.

Under our smarter ways of working strategy, this role will be working on a hybrid basis, including a combination of home based and office working, working from our offices at the Council House, Solihull or our SCH sites as required.

We also offer:

• Annual leave starting at 24 days and rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service, in addition to public holidays.
• Flexible working, including flexi leave up to 24 days per year and agile working arrangements.
• The opportunity to buy up to 10 days additional leave per year.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme – a 24 hour independent, free and confidential advice and support service.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff discount card.

To apply, please click on the link below. If you have a specific question or require further information regarding this post, please contact Steven Brown in relation to the Accounting Technician role on Steven Brown on 0121 779 8969.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: £22,777.00-£25,409.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Solihull