Job title: 4x Principal Finance Officer Posts
Grade: BR11-BR14
Salary: £41,476 to £54,584
Contract: Full Time (Permanent)
Location: Bromley Civic Centre
Working pattern: 36 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to be a key part of a highly motivated, strong performing and friendly finance team at the London Borough of Bromley.

We are looking for 4 enthusiastic and motivated people to join our accountancy team providing a wide range of financial services to our budget holders and service directors across the Resources, Children’s Social Care, Adults Social Care & Housing divisions, with one role also being in Capital and Strategy.

Bromley Council is growing and the need for financial support for our services are greater than ever, this is why at Bromley we are increasing the resources in our finance function to ensure the standard of service delivered remains at the highest level and all statutory responsibilities around the production of the accounts and audit are met to the highest standard.

The Principal Finance Officer will report directly to the Senior Accountant. Operating in a busy environment, they will need to be flexible and be responsible for providing a comprehensive financial service to specified service areas, actively contributing to support other members of the finance team.

Some of the responsibilities include:

Preparation of annual estimates and the closing of accounts

Provision of day-to-day financial advice to senior managers and budget holders

Assisting in forecasting and managing the budgetary implications for service delivery caused by the specialist and unpredictable nature of some of the services delivered by the Council including commenting on the financial impact of service proposals

Support the capital and revenue budget monitoring process

A key responsibility will be providing financial advice, information and guidance to budget holders and service managers. You will therefore need excellent interpersonal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey financial issues to non-finance colleagues.

Preferably you should meet the following criteria but candidates with similar experience and/or relevant transferable skills will be considered:

Have experience of managing budgets, and knowledge of the principles of budget preparation and accounting.

Be experienced in the use of accounting packages Excel and Word.

Have a strong customer focus with good communication skills.

Be AAT qualified or part qualified CCAB.

We would particularly encourage applications from those who may in interested in a career in finance and looking for some relevant experience to get an understanding of working in a finance environment.

Applications will be assessed based on the criteria set out in the Job Description and Person Specification, which can be found Here.doc

If you would like to speak to the Hiring Manager about the role, please contact Abdul.Munim@bromley.gov.uk for a confidential discussion.

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment.

We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.

Please note that we do not accept CV submissions from permanent recruitment agencies. If you are a candidate and would like to contact the Recruitment Team regarding the application process, please email Recruitment.Team@bromley.gov.uk