South Yorkshire, Westgate Plaza One (Hybrid)
Temporary, Full time
£24,790 - £25,183
37 hours
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Finance Graduate Apprentice supporting the Council to deliver its Council Plan and Barnsley 2030 Strategy.
Working within the Finance Business Unit, the successful applicant will play a pivotal role in ensuring the Council’s Section 151 Officer’s responsibility are fulfilled and that front line services receive an efficient, effective and market leading financial support service.
The Council’s People Strategy will act to support the successful candidate to adopt the culture and behaviours of a modern, agile, healthy, engaged, skilled and innovative workforce.
About the role
Working across the Finance Business Unit, the Finance Graduate Apprentice will provide excellent customer service and high quality, accurate financial support across a range of financial functions, contributing towards ensuring that the Council’s core financial systems are accurate, up to date and maintained and that financial processing of information is completed in a timely manner to support the delivery of the Council’s core priorities and support Directorates to deliver efficient and effective services.
As a graduate apprentice you will gain experience across a range of financial functions including budget setting and accounts, capital and revenue financial management, operational finance functions including payroll and pensions, accounts payable and transactional Finance processing, income and debt collection.
About you
The successful candidate will be an ambitious individual seeking to progress their career within a financial role. Adopting an enthusiastic, positive attitude to problem solving, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, being able to adapt their approach, behaviours and actions to address the tasks in hand being able to work as part of a core team and flexible in their approach to meet the demands of the business unit and wider council. In return the Council will invest in training and development in professional finance and accounting qualifications through the apprenticeship scheme.