If you’re familiar with Pendle, you’ll know that the Borough is currently on a transformation journey with a number of huge projects ongoing. Lively, dynamic, and always improving, we are hugely proud of our Borough and our employees. This role offers an exciting opportunity to join our Financial Services Team in an ambitious organisation, which is always seeking out ways to make Pendle an even more fulfilling, inclusive and prosperous Borough in which to work and live. We are seeking a skilled and motivated Accountant to join our Finance team. You’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality financial support and advice across council services, helping ensure sound budget management, regulatory compliance, and value for money, including contributing to the development of business cases. The ideal candidate will need to be a fully qualified CCAB accountant, with excellent technical accounting skills. Significant experience of the preparation of statutory accounts, budget preparation and budgetary control is essential, and you must be proficient in the use of computerised financial systems. You will be an innovative self-starter, with an aptitude for interpreting, explaining and applying accounting standards and policies, and an analytic approach in evaluating business proposals. You’ll have excellent communication skills, be able to build effective relationships at all levels and to manage both your own and your team’s workload. The Borough of Pendle lies in Lancashire’s beautiful Pennines and is within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, and the city of Manchester. Pendle Borough Council offers an excellent work-life balance including flexitime with no core hours, up to 2 days flexi leave a month, compressed working options and up to 31 days annual leave. This role is likely to be on a Flexible Contract as defined by our Agile Working Policy. The minimum frequency for in-office attendance will be two or three times per week, however it could be more frequent based on the demands of the service. We therefore expect candidates to reside within a commutable distance from Number One Market Street in Nelson, Lancashire. The Council’s benefits package includes an excellent Local Government Pension Scheme, generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional annual leave, a cycle to work scheme, home tech and car scheme salary sacrifice schemes. You will also be rewarded with access to our benefits programme, Viv up, which provides easy access to unbeatable discounts for retailers such as Argos, M&S, B&Q, Currys PC World, etc. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Pendle Borough Council does not discriminate on any basis of disability, sex, marriage or civil partnership, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, or maternity. If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role please contact Gemma-Louise Wells, Head of Financial Services on 01282 661936.