Senior Accountants

Job Title: Senior Accountants x 4
Starting Salary: £42,839 with the opportunity to progress to £47,181 pa per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37
Location: Stevenage/Hybrid
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources

About the teams

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Herts Finance Service in providing outstanding financial advice and support to a range of teams Growth and Environment, Resources and Children’s Service

Not only will you know that your role is providing value to over 1.2 million people within Hertfordshire your contribution will be invaluable in achieving our core values.

Growth and Environment

The role is part of the Growth and Environment Business Partner team, providing expert financial support and advice to the G&E department, (including waste, highways, sustainability and Herts Futures). This role will be involved with supporting both internal and external stakeholders.

Resources

This role is part of the Resources Finance Business Partner team, providing expert financial support and advice to the Resources department (including Property, Technology, Business Support, HR, Legal, Libraries and Insurance). The role is expected to focus on supporting the Property team initially, who have a challenging programme of savings to deliver, although responsibilities may change over time.

Childrens Services - DSG

You will join the Children’s Services Finance Team, providing financial advice, monitoring, and support for funding allocated to the County Council to deliver education in schools and early years settings, services for children with additional needs, and related educational support functions. This role focuses on funding provided through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) and requires strong analytical skills to use data effectively to produce clear, insightful management information on grant‑related expenditure.

Children’s Services – Non‑DSG

As a member of the Children’s Services Finance Team, you will play a key role in providing financial support and guidance for the Children Looked After (CLA) budgets. Your primary focus will be on the Independent Placements area. Strong analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail are essential to help improve processes and support informed decision‑making within the service.

About the role

Growth and Environment

The role will entail providing expert financial support to the finance manager within the Growth and Environment team. It will involve taking the lead and supporting on the in-year financial cycle including the medium-term financial planning process, preparing and reconciling monthly monitor reports and leading on year-end processes. Further key roles would be ensuring timely and accurate submissions for annual government returns and grant submissions.

Resources

The role will entail providing expert financial support to the Head of Finance and Director of Finance. It will involve taking the lead and supporting on the in-year financial cycle including the medium-term financial planning process, preparing and reconciling monthly monitor reports and leading on year-end processes. The role will also be involved in financial support for business cases for disposals and alternative uses.

About you

Essential:

• CCAB qualified or equivalent or have significant proven experience.
• Ability to make effective use of multiple data sources and to use available tools to carry out detailed financial analysis.
• Ability to interpret, apply and explain financial policies, procedures and guidance.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, creating trust and confidence and being able to persuade and negotiate as to the actions required.
• Experience in presenting complex financial information to senior stakeholders to support proposed courses of action.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and flexibility to re-prioritise according to business needs.

Desirable:

• Experience in managing and leading a team.

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the Corporate Services, level CORP11 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Corporate services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Margaret Walsh, Margaret.Walsh@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: w/c 23rd February 2026

Benefits of working for us

On top of your salary, you will also receive an excellent benefits package including:

• Market leading pension scheme with immediate eligibility.
• An employee support scheme providing discounts on all the essentials such as shopping, health and leisure vouchers.
• Support and welfare groups, with regular welfare sessions available to all staff.
• Acareer development and training programme for all.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.