Senior Finance Officer

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Kirklees
Public Health and Corporate Resources
Finance
37
1
Huddersfield and surrounding areas
Permanent
11 - 13
£41,771 - £50,269

Responsible to a Finance Manager, you will be a senior practitioner within the Service, helping to maintain and develop the Service as appropriate. You will also provide leadership to the team in which you work, encouraging and supporting other team members. 

Accountancy

You will contribute to the provision of a comprehensive, professional, financial support service to Members and senior managers within the Council.

You will provide a range of professional financial support services, focussing either on supporting the preparation of the Statutory Accounts, annual corporate budget processes, treasury management or, provide support to service areas within the Council in terms of monthly management accounting, advice and guidance and helping support decision making processes to enable the most effective and efficient delivery of the service resulting in the most appropriate outcomes for the residents of Kirklees.

Additionally, you will have line management responsibility for Finance Officers/Assistant Finance Officers and will assist the Finance Manager in developing the team.

Currently the role will involve significant amounts of time working from home but with new ways of working, flexible working arrangements and excellent IT facilities at Kirklees Council, your location need not be a barrier!

John Bartlett is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
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27 May 2026, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.