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• Title: Financial Analyst
• Reference: SCC/TP/288765/3577
• Positions: 1
• Salary: 36,873 - 39,820 per annum
• Category: Finance & Accounting
• Contract type: Permanent
• Working hours: 36 hours per week
• Posted on: 1 August 2025
• Closing date: 20 August 2025
• Directorate: Resources
• Location: Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill, Reigate, RH2 8EF

Description
We are committed to the development of our workforce. This position is only available to applicants who already work for Surrey County Council. We thank you for your interest in our roles and would encourage you to review our vacancies which are open to all.
The starting salary for this full-time, permanent position is 36,873 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.
We are excited to be hiring a new Finance Analyst join our fantastic Corporate Finance Service, supporting the Children's, Families and Lifelong Learning (CFLL) directorate. This is a hybrid role, with a requirement to be office based at least 40% of your working week to enable face to face collaboration with team colleagues. This could include working from our various offices: Woodhatch Place in Reigate, Victoria Gate in Woking or Dakota in Weybridge.
Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the Role
We are looking for a Finance Analyst to join our friendly team who deliver a variety of finance and budget monitoring tasks. These include variance analysis and other finance support tasks, whilst working closely with colleagues in the Social Care and Commissioning Teams in the CFLL Directorate, providing a high-quality finance support service. We work in partnership with the service and other Corporate colleagues, to ensure value for money in service delivery, with the aim that no child is left behind in Surrey.
This is a varied and interesting role, and on a day-to-day basis you can expect to be involved in the following:

• Maintaining Excel workbooks to support budget monitoring
• Performing monthly reconciliations between workbooks and secondary systems to MySurrey
• Transactional processing, including journals and virements
• Supporting the preparation of financial reports for budget holders

Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting, your CV and personal statement should clearly evidence the following:

• You hold or are actively studying for AAT, or equivalent qualification
• Good knowledge of Excel
• Ability to manage your time effectively and work to tight deadlines
• A keen eye for detail with an analytical and proactive approach
• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills

Contact Us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment. For an informal discussion please contact Katie Coates via Teams or email.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 20th August 2025 with interviews planned for the week beginning Monday 25th August 2025.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Local Government Reorganisation
Surrey County Council is preparing for Local Government Reorganisation which will allow us to implement the Government led policy of devolution, which is all about giving more powers to local areas.
Currently, Surrey has a two-tier council system, with 11 district and borough councils and a county council, all responsible for different services. All these councils will be reorganised into a smaller number of new unitary councils which will come into effect in April 2027. At this point, this role will be transferred, with all existing terms and conditions intact into one of the new unitary councils.
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Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.
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