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Lancashire Constabulary is committed to providing a professional and effective service to the community. We are currently looking for a dedicated Finance Assistant to join our Financial Accounting Team and play a key role in supporting the effective management of our financial resources.

As a Finance Assistant, you will assist the accountant in monitoring and maintaining a range of budgets. You will be involved in various aspects of financial administration, including the treatment of external funding and grants.

A typical day is never the same, it can range from taking payments from customers, to dealing with officer/staff enquiries in relation to force policies and procedures. The post has a vast range of tasks associated with it and it is critical you can make informed decisions in order to provide the best service to our officers and staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and maintain the forces credit management, in line with force policy and procedures.
• Assist the accountant in the completion of month end processes including reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, recharges and other transactions.
• Assist the accountant in preparing departmental costings, including budgeted posts and investigating budget variances.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts, including ensuring budgets are entered correctly onto the financial information system in line with the agreed timetable with guidance from the accountant.

Please see the attached job specification for further details.

Skills and Experience:

Applicants will have to undergo an Assessment if successful at shortlisting.

There is an option to complete the AAT under the apprenticeship scheme.

Vetting and Medical:

Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting prior to commencing their role. You will also be subject to a medical assessment.

Please note, candidates successful at shortlisting will be required to undertake an assessment as part of the interview process.

Benefits:

• 25 - 31 days annual leave (role dependant) plus 8 bank holidays pro rata
• Local Government Pension Scheme with contributions from 5.5% to 12.5% depending on your salary
• Sick pay provisions
• Generous maternity / paternity and adoption leave entitlements
• Option to become a member of the onsite unions
• Discounts from various retailers via the Blue Light Scheme
• Access to on-site-gyms - HQ
• Cycle to work scheme
• Support from our Health and Wellbeing Centre including Welfare Officers, Counselling, Physiotherapy and Mental Health Peer Supporters
• Hybrid / Agile working (role dependant)

If you are proactive, organised and passionate about supporting financial operations in the public sector, we would love to hear from you.

Candidates applying for Lancashire Constabulary should be aware that the use of online 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) systems such as ChatGPT to generate application answers is NOT permitted, any candidate found to have submitted an application form using online 'AI' software to generate answers will be removed from the recruitment process with immediate effect. This may result in future applications with the Constabulary also being rejected, based on integrity.

Before you complete the online application, we would advise you to read the attached Information and Guidance documents.

Closing date: Thursday 1st May 2025 at 10am

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