Finance Officer - Fixed TermThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job. Job Title: Finance OfficerJob Location: Shire Hall Salary: £30,024 - £40,777 per annum Hours per Week: 37.00 Contract Type: Fixed Term Duration: One year Closing Date: 08/03/2026 Job Requisition Number: 13591 This post is not open to job share Would you like to work in a role which is both meaningful and rewarding, where you really feel that you make a difference? Do you constantly look for ways to improve the way you work and enhance the service that you deliver? If so, this is the perfect role for you. This is a great time to be part of Gloucestershire County Council, as Children’s Social Care is on an exciting journey, which focuses our approach into being more creative, strengths-based and person-centred, to ensure that we work together to ‘Make a Difference’ to our local communities. We are an agile working organisation with a combination of office-based working and working from home (essential equipment is provided). We place a high premium on diversity and inclusion, as well as on health and wellbeing and we offer a flexible working scheme which is based on business need. We offer Continued Professional Development and will support you to develop your skills and career prospects within Children’s Services. About the Team and Role Our Disabled Children’s Team is dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people and their families, we work collaboratively across social care and health to provide high quality support.We have an opportunity to recruit an experienced Finance Officer who is organised and proactive to join us on a fixed term basis for one year, to support our work on financial accuracy, tracking and reporting of our financial commitments. This will include supporting finance related panels for short breaks, direct payments and all activities that are commissioned for our young people.. Duties will include:- Supporting the tracking of all financial records and ensuring meaningful accurate data is captured at a child levelProduce regular financial reportsAlongside the Strategic Finance Team, understand and monitor budgets Identify anomalies, resolve financial queries and escalate any concerns to maintain financial integritySupport high-cost panels Contribute to service audits About You You will have proven finance reporting and analytical skills, have an AAT qualification and be able to manage your workload to meet deadlines. Ideally you will have experience of working within children’s services, social care, education or the public sector. If you think that this is the role for you, we look forward to hearing from you. About UsIn return we will offer you: Regular formal and informal support.Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.Access to relevant training and career progression.Annual leave of 25.5 days (pro rata) up to 30.5 days (pro rata) after 5 years employment.Family friendly employer offering benefits to support you and your family.Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.An in-house Occupational Health service.Cycle to Work scheme.Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply). Working in Children’s Social Care does require an applicant who can be proactive or responsive to changing demands and resilient to some of the tough emotional content of the role. However, it is also a role that can bring great reward and job satisfaction. How to ApplyIf you feel that you have the skills and experience required to make a positive difference, then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” button. if you like any further information then please contact michelle.evans@gloucestershire.gov.uk’Short listed candidates will be contacted by email and invited to interview. Additional InformationTo access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-Finance Officer - Job Profile The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer. If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.