FINANCE OFFICER

Salary: Gradd 5 - £27,269 - £31,067

About The Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the School Organisation Planning (SOP) Team within Education.

The School Organisation Programme Team within the Education Directorate is responsible for the effective planning of school places in Cardiff, and ensuring the delivery of school places through a range of building adaptations, extensions and new build schools. It also manages the change in organisation of schools and the establishment of new schools. In addition, the team is responsible for large capital budgets relating to large-scale asset renewal projects, suitable and equality access projects, and is responsible for the health and safety of Education staff, users and pupils, with respect to the safety and suitability of school premises.

All work undertaken by the team directly relates to the improvement of teaching and learning in schools, and continues to adapt to changes in curriculum and technology, for the betterment of learning opportunities across all establishments.

About the job
This is a key administrative post responsible for providing financial and administrative business support, to the School Organisation Programme.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering a range of financial and administration tasks to as required, along with supporting management on managing grants and financial queries. This role will also assist in the monitoring of Education budgets for capital works.

This post will be responsible processing invoices and financial orders, and liaising with providers regarding invoice queries. There will also be a requirement to support the central Education business support function with invoices, who in turn will support the post.

The post holder will report to an Asset Commissioning Lead, who will support them in their work.

What We Are Looking For From You
You must have experience of working with financial systems and procedures, and able to analyse information and support improvement in processes.

You must have experience of working with others to solicit information to collate reports for senior managers, as well as escalating issues.

You must have very effective communication and organisational skills and be committed to meeting customer needs. You will also have excellent IT skills to produce a wide range of reports and interrogate a number of IT systems.

Additional information
This post is subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.

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