All about the Role
The Finance Assistant provides day to day financial and administrative support to Clare Lodge within Children & Young People Services. The role is responsible for processing accounts payable and receivable, maintaining accurate financial records, supporting budget monitoring, and ensuring transactions are completed accurately and on time. The post holder acts as a first point of contact for finance queries, supports audits and reporting, and works closely with colleagues to ensure effective financial controls and high standards of customer service are maintained.
All about our Team
The successful candidate will join a small, supportive finance team providing dedicated financial and administrative support to Clare Lodge within Children & Young People Services. The team works closely with operational colleagues and senior managers to ensure accurate financial processing, strong financial controls, and timely reporting. There is a strong emphasis on teamwork, customer service, continuous improvement, and supporting the service to achieve its objectives while safeguarding children and young people.
All about YouYou are an organised and detail focused individual with a good understanding of financial processes and a strong commitment to accuracy. You enjoy working with numbers, managing data, and ensuring tasks are completed on time and to a high standard. You are confident using systems such as Excel, able to prioritise your workload, and comfortable working in a busy environment.
You have a positive, customer focused approach, communicate clearly with colleagues and stakeholders, and work well as part of a team. You are motivated to learn, keen to improve processes, and share the organisation's commitment to safeguarding, equality, and delivering high quality services.
All about our Benefits
We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme
- Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes
- Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)
- Access to car lease scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships 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 our equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards
All about our Commitments
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are disabled and require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact pccrecruitment@peterborough.gov.uk we will work with you to meet your needs.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you've already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there's no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us.