Finance Support Assistant
| Posting date: | 26 January 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 February 2026 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6883 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £25,995- £26,409 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week Monday-Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 09/02/2026
Interview Date(s): Interviews will be in-person week commencing 16th February.
Are you looking or a role where you can use your excellent attention to detail and customer service skills? Are you flexible in your approach to work and like problem solving?.
We are looking for an individual to join the Corporate and Technical Finance Team as a Finance Support Assistant to assist in providing and supporting an efficient and effective accounting service.
About the Role
- To provide support to the finance function in the provision of financial information to both internal and external customers, including the maintenance of accounting records, provision of reports and management information and preparation of statutory returns.
- To undertake reconciliations of finance information from various sources, e.g. Oracle Fusion, Other financial systems, Bank Accounts, Claims etc
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Entering & Maintaining Financial Information:
-Entering expenditure journals into the general ledger.
-Maintenance of the financial information system.
-Supporting manager self-service.
-Production of scheduled & ad-hoc reports & information.
- To manage and resolve customer queries in a timely and accurate manner.
This is a junior post within the finance team, with great opportunities for future progression. The successful candidate will be rotated round similar roles to gain a broad range of knowledge and skills with an opportunity to study for the AAT accounting qualification.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Have an NVQ Level 2 qualification in a relevant area or relevant experience of working in a computer based financial background.
- Experience in dealing with queries and correspondence.
- Experience of working with a computerised financial system
- Ability to take responsibility for organising own work to achieve objectives in order of priority and demonstrate a flexible approach to meet changing demands.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Ellie Horsfield, Financial Systems Officer
Telephone: 01163058969
To contact me by email, please click here
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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