Senior Accountant | 10720 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £56,912 to £62,618 per annum (Scale M) | County Hall, Norwich / Hybrid
Norfolk County Council is seeking a CCAB qualified Senior Accountant to lead the budgeting and accounting function for Children’s Services. The role will require strong financial management skills, the ability to manage a large and diverse team, experience working within a large and complex organisation, and the ability to support transformational change. This is an essential finance management role, integral to supporting critical services and maintaining transparency and value for taxpayers.
This is an exciting opportunity to apply for a key finance leadership role as the Senior Accountant for Children’s Services at Norfolk County Council.
We are looking for an experienced finance professional to take on this vital leadership position within the Budgeting and Accounting Team at Norfolk County Council. The successful candidate will play an integral role in the delivery of a first-class budgeting and accounting service across the organisation.
Norfolk County Council is currently the upper-tier local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to Norfolk residents. We take a lead in critical policy areas, and we work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations, and other local authorities in order to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services. As part of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), central government has announced a “minded to” decision to replace the County and District Councils in Norfolk with three new Unitary Authorities from April 2028. However, whatever the outcome of the LGR process, the need for strong financial management to support Children’s Services will remain.
Our Budgeting and Accounting Team are an essential part of our organisation, providing support across the breadth of our services to ensure that we’re accountable as a council, and that taxpayers are receiving the best possible value for money. Working in a large and complex environment currently going through a significant period of transformational change, you’ll be part of a talented, proactive team that makes a real difference and is able to support the continual evolution and long-term objectives of the council.
The core focus of the role is to work closely with our services to support day to day budgeting and accounting requirements, as well as working on a range of transformational change projects. You’ll be leading a team of qualified Accountants, providing support, guidance, and advice to ensure the team achieves objectives, and acting as a subject matter expert for complex financial issues. As a local authority, we are accountable to our taxpayers and it’s critical that we are able to maintain a high standard of professional accounting, and that our finances and budgets are transparent and accurate. While you could be working closely with any of our services, this role is currently aligned to Children’s Services, supporting the department to achieve their long-term vision.
To be considered for the role you’ll need a proven background working as an Accountant or similar, ideally as part of the finance team of a large and/or complex organisation. You’ll be a qualified Accountant to CCAB level, with post qualification experience working in a financial environment with senior finance managers. You’ll be comfortable working closely with Finance Business Partners as well as senior service leaders and stakeholders, and you’ll have the ability to influence the service at a strategic and an operational level. Experience managing a team would be beneficial, but more importantly we’re looking for someone with a positive and proactive approach, who is able to demonstrate sound financial judgement and build effective working relationships at all levels.
The Council puts work life balance at the forefront, and we offer flexible, smarter working arrangements, all underpinned by leading edge technology. We’re open to people working from home for a proportion of their time, but will be looking for an ability to work on site at County Hall in Norwich for approximately two days per week on average.
If you would like to discuss this role in more detail, please contact Titus Adam (Assistant Director of Finance, Deputy S151). [email protected]
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
Competitive salary
Generous holiday entitlement
Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
Financial benefits such as:
‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
Relocation expenses (where applicable)
An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job description and person specification to help you demonstrate how you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.
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Redeployment closing date: 5 July 2026 23:59
All other applicants closing date: 12 July 2026 23:59
We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.
We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.
We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.
We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.
