Role: Accountancy Officer
Salary: Career Grade E-G £27,694 -£36, 363 per year
Location: The Council House
Hours: 37 Hours
Closing Date: 02/08/2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you looking for a brilliant opportunity to develop your career in local government finance? We have an opportunity working within a supportive and experienced team that provides financial support across some of the Council's most significant programmes.
Whether you're already working in local government, studying towards an accounting qualification, or looking to bring your finance experience into the public sector, this career-graded role offers excellent opportunities to develop your technical expertise, business partnering skills and knowledge of local government finance.
We’re looking for someone enthusiastic and motivated, experience of Microsoft Excel is essential, along with experience of working in a finance environment and using financial systems. We're looking for someone who enjoys solving problems and is keen to develop their career. As this is a career-graded post, there are excellent opportunities for learning, development and progression.
You'll need strong communication skills, a collaborative approach and a commitment to delivering high-quality financial support. Experience of local government finance and knowledge of local government issues would be an advantage, but they aren't essential.
The role will primarily support Housing & HRA, while also contributing to wider corporate projects as business needs arise. Working closely with Budget Managers and colleagues across the Council, you'll provide financial advice, analyse financial information and help support informed decision-making. You'll be part of a high performing team with opportunities to gain experience across a diverse range of services and projects, helping to drive continuous improvement and new ways of working.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- Hybrid working
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
In the role of Accountancy Officer , here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
Working closely with accountancy colleagues, services, and other professionals, you will:
- Provide general financial advice and guidance to Council staff, including budget managers in relation to financial transactions and controls, through meetings both virtual and face to face, and to other officers and members of the public on matters of financial administration and basic accounting and budgeting queries.
- Produce financial forecasts for budget managers including interrogation of financial ledgers and a dialogue with staff.
- Participate in the introduction and development of new systems and procedures including those based on IT.
- Process financial transactions to ensure that the Council’s financial ledger can produce final year end accounts adhering to international financial reporting standards.
- Prepare reconciliations and to ensure that the Council’s financial ledger is maintained in support of the final year end accounts.
- Assist in the production of statutory grant claims and returns.
- Assist in the supervision and training of junior staff
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have…
Demonstrable experience of:
- Relevant accounting and budgeting experience.
- Relevant budget monitoring experience
- Experience of working in a finance environment
- Experience of working with multiple IT systems.
Possess the following skills and knowledge:
- General knowledge of accounting practices and concepts
- Use of IT packages including Microsoft Office Excel and Word
- Good numeracy skills, including experience of data manipulation
- Good written and oral communication skills.
The following personal qualities and other factors:
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Able to demonstrate initiative, enthusiasm and self motivation
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Ability to work well as part of a team
- Ability to work effectively with non-financial managers
- GCSE Grades A–C including Maths and English or equivalent
- Ability to be flexible in approach to work
- Understanding of equal opportunity policies and how they impact in this role
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 2nd August . Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: at the Council House, shortly after the closing date.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to [email protected]. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
