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Principal Accountancy Assistant
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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
We are looking to recruit three Principal Accountancy Assistants in Financial Services to join our busy and friendly accountancy team.
About the Roles
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Two Posts: Responsible for monitoring a range of income and expenditure budgets and providing financial advice and support to a number of budget holders.
- One post will be in the Adult Social Care team.
- The other is in the Housing and Assets team (Corporate Landlord services, Planning, Housing Enforcement and Regulation).
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One Post: In the central accountancy team providing financial ledger support and system maintenance and fixed asset accounting.
Job Details
- Type: Full-time permanent roles at Grade 8 (£35,412 to £38,220), pay award due from April 2026.
- Part-time hours will be considered.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 GCSE’s Grade C or above including Maths and English.
- AAT qualification, or equivalent, or in the final stages of completing it.
Skills and Experience
- Ability to use PC based information technology.
- Good working knowledge of spreadsheets, preferably Excel.
- Good verbal, numerical reasoning, and written communication skills, with the ability to produce accurate numeric work.
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Working Conditions
- Flexible working in our offices in central Dudley or from home on a hybrid working basis.
- Benefits from the Council’s flexitime scheme.
Workplace Attendance
- Working in the office 3+ days a week (pro-rata) or Onsite full time.
Application Process
For further information or an informal chat please contact:
- Thomas Huntbatch on 01384 815720
- Ian Grosvenor on 01384 817495
- Catherine Ludwig on 01384 815075
Alternatively contact can be made via email to:
Interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 September.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a significant number of applications.
Important Notes
- Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy.
- All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.
- Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.
- If you require support completing an online or paper application form and/or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acl@dudley.gov.uk.
- If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk.
- If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance WM Jobs Help Page.
- If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk.
- Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so.
- The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at Privacy and Disclaimer Statement.
- N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications.
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Attached Documents
- Job Description & Person Specification
- Employee Benefits List.pdf
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