Finance & Compliance Assistant

At the heart of Staffordshire's economic development lies a vision to create a diverse, inclusive, and sustainable economy. By focusing on developing local skills, we aim to enable more people to access higher value, better-paid jobs across a wide range of priority and locally important sectors.

We have an exciting opportunity within the Skills & Employability Team for a Finance & Compliance Assistant.

The Finance & Compliance Assistant is responsible for providing financial, contractual, and administrative support to the wider Skills & Employability Service.

The role will be based in Staffordshire Place 1, in the centre of Stafford town, with the option to work remotely.

Main Responsibilities

• Undertake a wide range of financial transactions including placing orders, goods receipting, ensuring the accurate and prompt payment of invoices.
• Support the Service to ensure accurate records of learner data are kept on various ICT systems.
• Liaise with Contract & Quality Managers and other staff as appropriate, to support effective contract monitoring by providing administration support including production of reports, the tracking and chasing of documentation.
• Assist the Finance & Compliance Manager with contract management, by providing administration support, including maintenance of the contract register, issuing of contract variations, carrying out compliance checks.
• Responsible for the maintenance and monitoring of all records, paper and electronic (including uploaded files to SharePoint), ensuring the appropriate retention schedules are adhered to and documents are archived accordingly in accordance with the Records Management Policy.
• Provide support, advice, guidance, and training in respect of financial, compliance, and administration procedures to staff within the Service, and also external Training Providers. Including Provider induction training and the production of user manuals.

We are looking for you to have,

• At least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience in a similar role
• Demonstratable knowledge and understanding of contract compliance
• Demonstratable IT skills to support the development and delivery of quality systems, including digital formats
• Experience of working in administration / support role, including for internal and external audits
• Effective interpersonal skills; listening, verbal and written communication skills with colleagues, across services and with external Partners
• Attention to detail
• Ability to present data that are accurate, well-presented and easy to use for the purpose and audience intended
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload to meet deadlines

We will be shortlisting applicants for this role week commencing Monday 9th February 2026, with interviews due to take place on Thursday 26th February 2026.

For an informal chat about the role please contact either Mark Winfer, Finance & Compliance Manager at mark.winfer@staffordshire.gov.uk or David Poole; Head of Employer Partnerships at Skills at david.poole1@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.