Finance and Back Office Administrator
Location: Danbury
Salary: £13.93 per Hour
Type: Part-Time, Temporary
Hours: 18.5 Hours per Week
Work Arrangement: Anywhere Worker
Closing Date: Wednesday 5th February 2025
Note: This is a temporary opportunity until June 2025.
This role allows flexibility to work fully in the office at Cressing Temple Barns or Essex Outdoors Danbury, fully remote, or hybrid. You will be required to attend some in-person meetings to meet business needs.
The Opportunity
The Finance and Back Office Administrator will support financial management responsibilities across Essex Outdoors, Heritage, and Country Parks, working collaboratively with the Finance Support Officer and Managers to ensure robust budget management, financial planning, and processes are implemented and maintained.
Accountabilities
* Collate financial data and reporting to ensure compliance with external and internal regulations.
* Ensure accurate information from the point of orders being raised to the overdue position, referring to debt recovery as required.
* Responsible for ensuring contracted partners are correctly set up on ECC systems and paid in a timely manner, including processing payments for partnerships, projects, hires, and equipment purchases.
* Provide support, training, and information to colleagues to follow all internal financial processes set by ECC.
* Ensure strong and timely communication with customers and wider stakeholders.
* Work as part of a dynamic team to ensure quality service delivery.
* Complete delegated administration and finance tasks timely to enable smooth operations.
* Support cross-service partnerships, initiatives, and extension projects as required.
* Support the delivery of all parts of Culture, Heritage, and Green Spaces.
* Assist in creating, updating, and circulating communications to all stakeholders and customers.
* Ensure compliance with GDPR and other data protection legislation.
* Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
The Experience You Will Bring
* Educated to RFQ Level 3 or equivalent by experience.
* Clear interpersonal and communication skills.
* Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of a busy operational service; experience within an operational team is desirable.
* Experience in financial and income monitoring from a variety of sources, providing professional advice and guidance to budget holders.
* Experience delivering a high-quality, customer-focused service.
* Ability to work independently to complete tasks.
* Experience working with different software packages.
* Able to work effectively as part of a team.
* Flexibility in approach to work.
What you should do next
If you are interested in this role, please apply via the Working for Essex website.
As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC), if your role requires a DBS check, you will be required to register with the DBS update service. For further information on the DBS update service, please visit this link.
Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you have queries on this role or require further information, please email Ashleigh.Drake@essex.gov.uk or Curve.Resourcing@essex.gov.uk.
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