Senior Finance Officer

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Job Description

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 12 months

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £33,945 (Level one) rising to £36,648 (Level 4) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Humber Building, Nottingham City Council, Eastcroft Depot, Nottingham, NG2 3AH

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

To assist and support the Carbon Reduction Energy Sustainability Division (CRES) in effectively delivering the diverse and exciting range of grant funded and capital programmes as part of the Carbon Reduction Projects and Policy team alongside the Midlands Net Zero Hub.

The Midlands Net Zero Hub was established in 2018 and is based within the Environment and Sustainability Division of Nottingham City Council. The MNZH is funded by the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and covers the nine Local Enterprise Partnerships across the Midlands. This role will form part of the retrofit team and will be responsible for assisting delivery of various retrofit grant scheme projects.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Academic credentials in a finance related discipline or equivalent experience, which may include a professional qualification, would be desirable.

• Experience of financial management of multi million, multi partner funded projects including the aggregation and submission of financial and output evidence; Analytical and problem-solving skills, including research and investigation.

• An understanding of financial systems and applications with a working knowledge of financial spreadsheet applications and formula calculations.

• An ability to demonstrate previous project finance support experience

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Sue Davis, Principal Finance Officer, by email at sue.davis@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Closing Date: 6th October 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.