Finance Officer
Closing date: 18/03/2026
Reference: REQ106510
37 hours / Temporary
26, ,694 *
Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth
*All salary values are pro-rata.
About the role
We are looking to recruit a temporary Finance Officer to join our Finance & Procurement service.
About the role
To support the Finance Manager and the Assistant Finance Manager in carrying out their responsibilities to provide an accurate and timely financial service. Including assisting with the preparation of detailed budgets, monitoring reports and final accounts, and raising and receipting Purchase Orders on the Authority's Purchasing system
About the candidate
The successful candidate will have a high level of interpersonal skills combined with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal & external contacts including dealing with external organisations and members of the public on a regular basis. The ability to multitask, and to prioritise conflicting workloads and work to deadlines is essential, as is the ability to carry out tasks with a high degree of accuracy, attention to detail and professionalism with minimum supervision. You'll be expected to work individually, and as part of a team. The ability to be methodical and to demonstrate initiative to make decisions accordingly, and good Communication skills, both oral and written is needed. Intermediate skills in the use of Microsoft Excel software to be able to create comprehensive spreadsheets thus making the service more efficient in their work with regards monitoring and reconciliation.
Due to the requirements of the role the successful candidate must have a level of Welsh fluency on appointment. Please see the person specification for the further details.
Our offer to you
We are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role's key areas of responsibility but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.
In exchange for your skills and commitment we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible working, competitive annual leave allowance, enhanced family benefits, lifestyle savings and employee health and wellbeing packages.
We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:
* Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
* Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.
More information about our wide-ranging employee benefits can be found on our careers website.
Interviews
Interviews will be held on 27/03/2026. To reduce disruption to candidates, interviews will be held remotely.
Additional Information
Job Description and Person Specification
Team Ceredigion Information Pack
Get in touch
For further information and an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Linda Hughes on or email
Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.
What we offer
Work-life balance
Lifestyle savings scheme
Generous employer pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Learning and development
Where you'll work
Finance and Procurement
We ensure the Council remains financially resilient through careful and responsible monitoring of funds, effective corporate procurement, prompt and accurate payments of financial assessments/creditors and timely collection of local taxation/debts.
Canolfan Rheidol
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