£ 430 Per day
Accountant
Full-time, Temporary
Job Description
- Take responsibility for elements of the production of annual statutory financial accounts, estimates/ budgets and in-year reports ensuring they meet the required standards and timescales.
- To perform analysis and interpret data in line with accounting standards and suggest solutions and recommendations to decision-makers.
- To fully support the Head of Financial Planning and Finance Business Partners in carrying out financial management and accounting services.
- Line manage the Trainee Accountant to provide support across the Partnering area in Finance.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Full or Part-Qualified CCAB progressing to Finalist Stage
- Adept in the use of Excel/ spreadsheets, and preferably data analytics.
- Good ability to draft and contribute to reports and briefings across the Finance team.
- Demonstrates a high level of understanding and appreciation of the political landscape and wider objectives.
- Experience of working under pressure and making effective decisions within the scope of complex and critical budgets with multiple users and stakeholders.
- Experience of providing technical accounting and financial advice to senior stakeholders.
- Technical understanding of local authority accounting rules.
- Understanding of best practice in financial management and control.
- Effective communication skills with ability to present complex information to Finance Business Partners.
- Ability to process, analyses, monitor financial data, and provide information from data.
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