Senior Finance Officer

Posted on 12 September 2022 Apply

Job introduction

We have two exciting opportunities for Senior Finance Officer roles within Brighton and Hove City Council’s financial accounting team.

One role will focus mainly on providing financial and management accounting services to South Downs National Park whilst the other role will focus on delivering the annual statement of accounts and supporting the external audit;

Both roles will be part of a small and effective team that is supportive friendly and professional, working flexibly together to deliver excellent financial services.

We are operating in an environment of increasing financial complexity and expanding demands for financial advice and support. The team are based in Bartholomew’s House in Brighton but are currently working from home for part of the week.

Interview date: TBC

For an informal discussion please contact Jess Laing (07753 286711) or Mary Grealish (07786 383911).

About the role

What skills do you have?

The successful candidate will have:

• Existing expertise as a finance professional with strong technical, communication and organisational skills critical to delivering the financial accounting function.
• A positive proactive approach with the ability to work on your own initiative and as a team player.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills and competency in using Microsoft Office and other financial systems.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate financial matters to a non-financial audience.

Why us?

• You will have the opportunity to work with the wider finance team where diversity is valued.
• You will be able to work flexibly, including working from home.
• You will be working with a team that is supportive, friendly and sociable.
• Brighton & Hove City Council promises to be a fair and inclusive place to work.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

Part office / part home – hybrid – We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it’s what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Senior Digital Implementation Analyst – 12 Month Contract

LUSH Global Digital Ltd

Remote UK

Salary: £55,000 – £65,000

Duration – 12 Months

Diversity matters
We are building a brand that represents the people of the world. It’s what you do that counts, and we are always looking to expand perspectives and voices to shape our future.

We see you, we celebrate you, we want you!

Who we are
You might know us as the inventors of the bath bomb, but there’s more to this great-smelling, privately-owned, family-run company than pioneering cosmetics. We believe our business should put more back into the world than it takes and demonstrate that responsible business can be a force for good. We fight cruel practices like animal testing, promote regeneration, and show that what’s inside counts – whether that’s an ingredient in a product or open source code.

Intro to the role
As a key member of the Digital team, you’ll play an important role in making sure we have the data we need to drive online acquisition. This is a new role and will be responsible for setting the direction and roadmap for digital analytics for LUSH.

Responsibilities

• Technical ownership of our core web analytics platform (Google Analytics) for Lush.com and mobile applications (IOS and Android)
• Responsible for our tag management system (GTM), ensuring it is deployed and managed correctly
• Contribute to a range of projects and ongoing enhancements, as well as working with teams across Digital to ensure we can track our core KPIs
• Working with senior stakeholders to prioritise work and communicate changes
• Provide subject matter expertise to the Data team and the business
• Responsible for ensuring data is captured in line with our digital ethics and data governance requirements
• Keep up to date with industry trends and ensure best practice implementation methods
• Lead a training and development programme to ensure Digital Managers across the globe have the skills to access web analytics and interpret data correctly
• Provide ad hoc digital analytics insights to support our Digital strategy
• Lead the Digital team on analytics upgrades and improvements to platforms, such as GA4.
• Play a key role in joining the dots with other data-focused teams at LUSH using BigQuery
• Drive and implement partner data tools and their corresponding behavioural analytics
• Ad hoc implementation of new partner data tools
• Act as the SME and project owner for analytics projects, including analytics software evaluations
• Gather business requirements for data collection to provide implementation guidance to the technical team
• Ad hoc reporting on product / project / programme performance

What experience you should have:

• 5+ years experience of designing, implementing and publishing web analytics solutions for multi-country ecommerce businesses (preferably on Google Analytics)
• Expert level knowledge of configuring Google Analytics and Google 360 accounts, properties and website and implementing custom dimensions and metrics
• Experience of designing technical specifications to collect analytics data for ecommerce mobile apps
• Experience of managing and maintaining GDPR compliant deployments in tag manager
• Experience of implementing scripts for third-party marketing platforms such as Google Adwords via a tag manager (preferably Google Tag Manager)
• Experience of telling a story with web analytics data to key stakeholders, highlighting the need to know facts and insights
• Good knowledge of HTML and Javascript
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with experience working across different levels of the organisation
• Experienced in working in Agile delivery teams
• E-commerce background

What’s it like working for Lush
People are at the heart of our business. We want you to enjoy and challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know, so we’ve created a culture where your job description is a starting point, not an end goal. Our working style is flexible, fluid, supportive, and authentic – if you’ve got the drive to push yourself and try different things, you will have our support.

As we pride ourselves on internal development, priority will be given to candidates who have an in-depth knowledge of Lush coupled with relevant experience and qualifications.

You can find out more about Lush Digital here – https://weare.lush.com/lush-life/our-company/we-are-digital/

If all this sounds like you please send us your CV and covering letter, detailing why you would be a perfect fit for the role along with your current salary and expectations.

Employee perks:

• 50% discount on Lush products and spa treatments

• Profit-based bonus

• Pension scheme

• Day off for weekday birthdays

• Holiday purchase scheme

• Cycle to work scheme

• Discounted rail and bus season tickets

• Employee assistance programme

• 6 months full pay for parental leave (primary caregiver)

• Financial childcare support on return to work

• Flexible working