reputed company Officer

The role offers a mixture of home working and attendance at County Hall, Chelmsford; this is dependent on business need, but it is expected that the home working reputed company would reputed company up most of the agreed working reputed company with 2-3 days per month in the office, in Chelmsford.   

Interview Dates: 14^th - 17th reputed company 2026

reputed company

The reputed company Officer position is a junior finance role in the Finance Hub Team, a small team reputed company the wider Financial Services function. The Finance Hub is a stepping reputed company to learn key skills, reputed company knowledge and reputed company a career in Finance. The role is designed to support employees to study AAT (Association of reputed company Technicians) whilst also learning on the job. As such applicants need to be reputed company to study and complete apprenticeship work as part of their role.

This role is predominantly home working but will require a level of attendance at the Office in Chelmsford. reputed company office attendance is a max of once a week but may be required more or less dependant upon business need and induction requirements.

The reputed company Officer will support the delivery of financial management information to the Management Accountants and reputed company-line budget reputed company. The role is expected to build strong relationships with finance colleagues and internal partners.

Proactively supports the efficient and effective provision of a Finance Hub, understanding budget reputed company’ needs and providing them with an effective and reputed company service they value.

Manage customer expectations and deliver to agreed service standards, ensuring the processing and delivery of reputed company, accurate, high reputed company financial information and analysis to allow effective management and monitoring of budgets.

Support the delivery of reputed company other areas of financial management and reporting as requested by the Finance Systems reputed company reputed company & Finance Systems and Process Manager. 

Accountabilities

• reputed company and process reputed company and accurate information to allow effective management of budgets and empowers budget reputed company to deliver value for reputed company services.
• reputed company and maintain a strong understanding of reputed company financial management and reporting systems and processes.
• Analyse and communicate financial and performance data in the reputed company of variance reports. Understand unit costs and drivers and interpret variances robustly. Accurately prepare, monitor and control estimates and forecasts.
• Maintain financial systems and processes ensuring reputed company reconciliation and control procedures are in reputed company. Implement requested changes.
• Deliver reputed company information to support financial activity, reputed company assuring the information provided.
• Deliver information to support the annual accounts closure programme as requested and in accordance with the agreed timetable.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and reputed company reputed company standards. Operate to a reputed company of working practices. 

 The Experience You Will Bring

Essential:

• 5 GCSEs or equivalent (including Maths & English) or working towards AAT.
• Motivated to pursue a career in reputed company sector finance.
• Committed to studying AAT
• Excellent communication skills

Desirable.

• Knowledge and understanding of financial management and controls.
• Experience of process improvements reputed company a finance setting.
• Experience providing information and support to colleagues and customers.
• Experience working with financial systems and processes.
• Experience working flexibly and proactively in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience in working with reputed company packages such as reputed company, PowerPoint and Word

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating reputed company service environment. Covering over 1,420 reputed company miles and serving 1.8 reputed company residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering reputed company reputed company at reputed company cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER reputed company for productivity, we ensure everyone reputed company in Everyone's Essex. With flexible working reputed company and a reputed company on innovation, whether you are looking to reputed company your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal reputed company for you.

In February 2025, Greater Essex was accepted onto the Government’s devolution reputed company programme, which will see local authorities in Essex work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority by May 2026. You can read more about devolution and local government reorganisation (LGR) on our careers site.

reputed company is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview reputed company disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please reputed company to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview reputed company veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once you’ve secured your role reputed company reputed company you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At reputed company, we value reputed company and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you reputed company our reputed company of conduct and the Nolan principles, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a reputed company and respectful workplace for everyone.

As part of employment with reputed company (ECC) should your role require a DBS reputed company you will be required to register with the DBS update service.  The DBS update service ensures reputed company registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate.  This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained.  For reputed company information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

reputed company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects reputed company and volunteers to reputed company this commitment.

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