Accountant Level 3

Job Introduction

Role Purpose

The main purpose of the role is to undertake management accounting activities for the Education service and Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) including leading the finance support function for our remaining maintained schools. 

Main Responsibilities

The role reports to the Finance Manager for Childrens Service and will have responsibility for a small team.

In liaison with senior officers and budget holders, the work includes budget setting, monitoring and reporting, project work and providing general financial advice.

The post will lead on key statutory returns to the DfE and ESFA.

The Ideal Candidate

In addition to being a fully qualified accountant, with strong technical skills and a thorough knowledge of the DSG, you will have sound business partnering skills and be proficient in data analysis.

You should be comfortable explaining complex information to non-finance managers and work well with external stakeholders.

Some experience in supervising staff is also desirable. 

Should you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Stephen Ellis on 01202 817743.

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward.  If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.