• Ipswich Borough Council – Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2DE
• £27,269 - £34,314 per annum
• 37 hours per week
• Full Time
• Permanent
• Reference: 0210
• Required as soon as possible
  Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your career in finance? Ipswich Borough Council is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as an Assistant Business Support Accountant.
  As an Assistant Business Support Accountant, you will play a key role in providing expert support and analysis for the council’s services. This role primarily supports the Housing Revenue Account (HRA), Shared Revenues Partnership and repairs and maintenance programme. You assist a Business Support Accountant to help ensure the council meets its financial obligations, key objectives and critical deadlines.
  We will be looking to appoint to either level depending on skills and experience.
  If appointed to level 1 the council requires that you obtain the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). Full study support towards this qualification will be provided within a given time.
  If appointed to the level 2 of the career grade we expect you to hold the AAT, and support Business Support Accountants with the council’s monthly budget monitoring process. As well as being a trusted advisor by providing high quality budgetary advice to the services you will support to create a real and active working relationships with both operational and management.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification before applying:

• Career Grade Level 1 (pdf)
• Career Grade Level 2 (pdf)

To find out more about us please visit our website (ipswich.gov.uk).
Please contact Will Suttle by emailing will.suttle@ipswich.gov.uk to ask any questions you may have regarding the role.
If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please let us know so that the appropriate arrangements can be put in place.

• Providing assistance to Business Support Accountants
• Reconciliations
• Budgetary Control
• Day to day duties in relation to the integrated financial system

As well as a good salary, we can offer you:

• generous holiday and sick pay entitlements
• subsidised parking for work and leisure
• public transport discounts
• free swimming and gym membership
• cycle purchase scheme
• plenty of personal and professional development opportunities
• flexible working
• hybrid working opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• the opportunity to work with great colleagues.

Employees are contractually enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme, one of the few remaining defined-benefit pension schemes in the UK.