Finance Assistant

Number of Vacancies:

1

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Proposed Interview Date:

Monday, June 29, 2026

Hours of Work:

37

Hiring Manager:

Marc Withell

Contact Number: 

01482 613777

Job Description Summary:

This is a Full Time, Fixed Term position for 6 months due to specific funding.

Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing 29th June 2026

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to join our General Accounting Team. The role is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, maintaining financial records, and supporting day to day accounts payable activities.

The ideal candidate will be reliable, have strong attention to detail, good organisational skills, and the ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment. You will need a positive attitude and a willingness to learn. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your finance skills within a professional and supportive organisation.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

Located within the Council’s Payments & Control Section the postholder will provide effective customer focussed support including financial transactions and monitoring; maintaining relevant databases/data entry, acting as the link between customer access channels and the delivery of services through the scheduling of requests for service, elements of interaction with customers, stakeholders, partners and members, and other general administrative functions.

The postholder will contribute to the overall success of the Payments & Control Section by being accurate, efficient and customer focussed. The postholder will undertake routine tasks in-line with Council policy, procedures and process flow whilst contributing to improving the performance of the service.

 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. To provide a comprehensive accurate, efficient and customer focused payment processing service for the Council ensuring compliance with policies, processes, workflow procedures and legislation.

2. To ensure excellent customer service and meet customer promises and service standards of the service and across other service areas as required. To provide a wide range of office based services and to communicate with customers, the service desk and internal and external agencies to ensure efficient service delivery.

3. Undertakes a range of payment processing duties of a routine and complex nature involving highly sensitive and confidential information and requires a degree of interpretation and initiative.

4. Maintains specific ICT systems/databases, inputting and extracting data, assisting with the validation of data.  Responsible for maintaining up to date, accurate and quality data on appropriate systems. Creating, collating, analysing and distributing reports to enable the delivery of services. 

5. Responds to queries raised through the Service Desk/Assyst system, in a responsive and professional manner. Working within a confidential environment, deals promptly with queries from customers and internal and external agencies, adhering to clearly defined guidelines, policies and procedures.

6. Undertakes document processing functions including the preparation and production of complex material / documents in a creative, professional style using a range of software packages and initiates routine correspondence.

7. Maintains a range of filing systems, involving creation, updating/tracking, retrieval, archiving and destruction in accordance with statutory and departmental requirements.

8. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council’s Corporate H&S policy.

 

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Compensation Grades:

GRADES 3.

Pay Ranges:

£24,796.00 - £25,583.00

Job Classifications:

3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post), OSP - Other Support Staff (School WorkForce Census)

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:
- A competitive salary
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
- Supportive and forward-thinking culture
- Great career development opportunities

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description. 

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. 

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.