Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide a Supporting Statement which outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV’. 

More detailed information is available on our career site.

Job Details
We provide a comprehensive financial management service within the Council including:
 Providing professional accountancy and finance support as part of one of our four centres of expertise.
 Ensuring that the Council has what it needs to discharge our statutory finance functions.
 Working in partnership with Directorates to delivery financial management and business
transformation.
 Deliver accurate, timely, and insightful financial information and analyses.
 Supporting better business performance and raising standards in key business areas
 Supporting and influencing strategic and operational decision making through the provision of high-quality financial information and advice.

Fife Council is committed to delivering high-quality services to our community.

We are looking for a dedicated and professional, qualified accountant to join our Finance team. This role is crucial in helping us manage our financial responsibilities and support business transformation.

Why join us:
 Be part of a supportive and dynamic team.
 A blend of working from home and working in Fife House, where typically, you would work 1 or 2 days in the office depending on the needs of the service, where post allows.
 We provide a range of employee benefits including:
 Local and national discounts - supermarkets, restaurants and retail!
 Local Government pension scheme membership with generous benefits.
 Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days + 8 public holidays, rising to 30 days + 8 public holidays after 5 years’ service (pro-rata).
 Opportunities for professional development and career progression.

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert.

The Person
You will be a qualified member of a CCAB Accounting Body.

With qualified membership of a CCAB Accounting Body, you will also bring with you a range of experience which includes:
 The provision of high-quality financial information to non-financial managers.
 Supervision and management of staff.
 Experience in a similar role, preferably within a public sector environment.
 Use of financial systems and standard MS Office packages including Excel and Word.

We are constantly seeking process improvement so you will be able to identify areas for change and drive improvement. You will embrace and be able to champion change and improvement, including the use of new technologies.

You will be able to develop strong working relationships and provide high quality service and will also have strong technical accounting skills, strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills, accuracy, time management, customer service, interpersonal and organisational skills.  

You will have the ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently.

We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.

Further Information
 Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria. Role Profile
 How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace.  See How We Work Matters behaviour framework on the intranet for more information.
 Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
 Directorate Information - https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/council-and-democracy/council-departments

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For further information, please contact: Tracy Hirst at tracy.hirst@fife.gov.uk 

Closing Date: Sunday 6 October 2024.
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 14 October 2024