Finance Officer

Salary £25,979 - £29,777 per annum | Permanent | Full Time, 37 hours per week | Accounts Payable Team | Preston

Pay Award Pending

International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship

About LCC

Lancashire is the fourth largest local authority in England and spans twelve districts that cover a huge geographic area and a wide range of communities both urban and rural. As a county council our remit is substantial, varied, and complex, delivering services to the 1.2 million people who live in Lancashire. Our purpose is simple, we exist to serve the people of Lancashire by working as efficiently and effectively as possible to prioritise the services they need and want.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Officer within the Accounts Payable department in Exchequer Services.

This role will be mainly responsible all payment related activities including the processing of timely, accurate and efficient operational delivery of large volumes of payments across various business units.

Ensuring all processes and procedures are compliant and payments approved per LCC's authorisation matrix.

In addition, the post holder will be responsible for forecasting payment dates for all Business units, Monthly reporting, Month & Year End activities, reconciliations, Debit Balances, and other duties across the Accounts Payable department to build greater resilience across the teams to ensure business-critical functions are delivered.

The successful candidate:

• Previous experience of working in a fast paced, high volume transaction-based Accounts Payable Department would be essential.
• Previous experience of Oracle Fusion would be essential.
• Highly motivated, hardworking and dedication to thrive in a busy fast paced environment.
• Working style of being highly organised and focused with an ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise work, manage own time effectively with minimum supervision.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with team members and other key internal departments in a professional and timely manner.
• Resilient and tenacious with a proactive, positive approach.
• Enthusiastic with can-do positive attitude, strong team ethic and good time management skills.
• Highly numerate / literate with excellent attention to detail.
• Disciplined and able to work under high pressure to achieve deadlines.
• Resilient and tenacious with a pro-active, positive approach.
• To be able to work effectively as part of a team and able to function as an individual contributor.
• Demonstrate discretion and confidentiality in all areas of work.
• Able to demonstrate flexibility by adapting work in line with changing priorities.
Committed to continuous improvement.

We do not hold a sponsorship licence and can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK. If you do not have the right to work in the UK, your application will not progress.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Please see attached role profile and person specification, if you would like any further information or to have an informal chat about this role, please feel free to contact:

Nicola Clarke Accounts Payable Team Leader 01772 538951 [email protected]

If you're already a Lancashire County Council employee you must apply via the internal vacancies option on Oracle Fusion . You can do this by logging into Oracle Fusion and then going to Me - Current Jobs.

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Job Description and Person Specification