Job Description

If you’re looking for an exciting opportunity to join a well-motivated and experienced finance team, where you will play a key role in shaping the future direction of the section whilst helping to improve the finance culture across the organisation and relish the chance to improve your skills across a range of finance disciplines, then look no further.

CCAB/CIMA qualified and experienced in developing and implementing strategies, you will have a commitment to providing a quality, customer focused service. Able to lead, motivate, challenge and initiate change with excellent communication skills and the ability to use your own initiative, you will be able to cope with a varied workload and unexpected demands.

The Finance Section at Ipswich Borough Council encompasses financial accounting, management accounting, business partnering, finance system management, treasury management, insurance, income collection, accounts receivable and accounts payable.

The role is likely to be focused more on the management accounting, business partnering and system management areas and so experience in any of those would be a bonus, but there will be the opportunity to develop your experience across the whole section.

Hours of work are 37 per week, Monday to Friday.

As well as a good salary, we offer a career average pension scheme, generous holiday and sick pay entitlements, subsidised parking, public transport discounts, free swimming, cycle purchase scheme, plenty of personal and professional development opportunities, flexible working, hybrid working opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity to work with great colleagues.

For more information about this role please contact Brian Burns, Head of Finance on 01473 433704 or via email at brian.burns@ipswich.gov.uk.

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification to find out more about this exciting role: Job description and Person specification

The selection process will consist of on-line assessments and an interview, including a short presentation, with interviews to be held in person at Grafton House, Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2DE on Thursday/Friday 8th/9th June 2023.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview candidates who meet the essential criteria prior to the closing date and / or to close the opportunity to applicants once we receive sufficient applications.