Accounting Technician

Job description

Join Our Finance Team!

Fixed-Term position with a salary range of £28,142 to £31,022 per annum (subject to pay award)

Pembrokeshire County Council is recruiting a motivated individual to join our dynamic Finance team as an Accounting Technician.

This position is ideal for an ambitious individual wanting to grow a meaningful career in public sector finance. You'll contribute to managing a budget of over £326 million while supporting essential services across the authority.

You'll work collaboratively in a hybrid environment that values flexibility, development, and progression.

As the Accounting Technician you will assist Finance Managers, Principal Accountants and Senior Accountants in providing effective financial services to the groups various clients.

Reporting to the Principal Accountant, your core duties will include:

• Participate in the budget preparation and final accounts exercises as required by senior staff.
• Correcting miscoded data and entering budgets on the financial management system
• Analysis of cost data required by senior staff & timely clearance of suspense account items
• Assist in the preparation and completion of grant claim forms.
• Participate in the monitoring of expenditure against budgets, producing various reports as required and acting as contact point for day to day queries from clients
• • Provide general administrative support to the Finance team, including monitoring and responding to the team inbox, dealing with routine queries, maintaining records and supporting senior staff.
  • Operate as an active member of the finance team being managed and supported by the relevant line manager
  
  Closing Date: 21/09/2026
  
  Interview: TBC
  
  For informal enquiries or a discussion about the role, please contact Dean Philpin on either 01437 776341 or by email - [email protected]

Employee Benefits

Our employee benefits are designed to help invest in your future and are in addition to living and working in Pembrokeshire, one of the most beautiful and desirable counties in the UK.

The Visit Pembrokeshire website https://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/ is an excellent source of information, and showcases the wide variety of activities, amenities and adventures that await you.

Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

Employment Checks

This post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.

Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Guidance Note: Use of AI and Accuracy of Information:

• We understand that applicants may choose to use tools such as generative AI to support the preparation of their application. While the use of such tools is permitted, it remains the applicant's full responsibility to ensure that all information submitted is factually accurate, truthful, and representative of their own skills, experiences and qualifications.
• Providing information that is false, misleading, or exaggerated, regardless of whether it was generated by AI or not, may result in disqualification from the recruitment process or dismissal if discovered after appointment.
• By submitting this application, you confirm that all content provided is accurate and submitted in good faith.

The Supported Employment Programme is a group of local authority based enterprises that employs over 75 people with a disability or work limiting health condition, please visit the link below for further information: Pembrokeshire Supported Employment Programme - Pembrokeshire County Council

Safeguarding

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.

This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.

Support & Additional Info

• Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing [email protected] .
• Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing [email protected] .
• Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2025.
• Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.