Finance and Performance Officer

Leisure and Recreation Team

Salary (SH5) £29,657 - £33,976

The Leisure and Recreation Team are responsible for a wide range of services that include the Camberley theatre, Leisure services, Recreation, Heritage and other projects and events.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and friendly person bringing a wealth of financial knowledge and expertise to join our team.

In conjunction with budget managers, this role will monitor and administer the budgets for each of the business areas.  The role will be responsible for calculating and raising invoices for all aspects of income in a timely manner providing support where necessary.  This officer will have a full overview and update accordingly on the status of funding streams, grant funds and project budget accounting and reporting.  This role will be the teams’ main liaison with the Council’s finance team.

We are looking for any applicant to have a relevant financial qualification and a background that includes experience in the financial aspects that this role will be covering.  Benefits include a minimum of 24 days’ annual leave ; Local Govt pension scheme; free parking; flexible working hours; private healthcare (after 5 years of service).

For further information please contact Nicky Sherlow, Senior Business Officer on 01276 707597 for an informal chat.

Closing date:         Sunday 26th September 2021

Interview date:        To be confirmed

Equal Opportunities

Surrey Heath Borough Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply

Please apply online via the link provided.

Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. If you are unable to apply online for reasons of disability, please call 01276 707126 to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be made to accommodate your individual requirements.

Please note:

All successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks in line with BPSS guidelines, which includes standard identification, referencing and unspent conviction checks. Surrey Heath Borough Council undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed.

For the best chance of successful application, please read the Job Description and Personal Specification fully before applying for this vacancy as it contains information you will need to refer to when applying. We do not accept CV’s submitted without a fully completed application form. To reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. If you choose to submit your CV with your application form we request that you remove all your personal details before uploading your CV. This will ensure that Managers cannot see your personal details when completing their shortlist.  If you have not heard from the council within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. All unsuccessful applications will be removed and confidentially disposed of 6 months after the closing date.

If you have any further enquiries please email recruitment@surreyheath.gov.uk or telephone 01276 707126.

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