£ 550 Per day
Accountant
Full-time, Temporary
Job Description
- To cover a range of financial accounting, reconciliation and reporting responsibilities in any of the following areas of Financial Reporting and Controls, as assigned by the Head of Financial Reporting and Control
- Balance Sheet Management
- Technical Revenue
- Capital
- Cash and Bank
- VAT and CIS taxation
- To lead on closing the Council’s annual accounts by internal and statutory deadlines and achieving a successful audit in areas of assigned responsibility
- To provide high quality professional and technical advice to members, senior officers, service finance teams and the wider organization on a broad range of financial accounting and reporting issues.
- To represent Financial Management on a range of internal and external boards and forums and ensure the Council’s interests, compliance with legislation and policies, financial sustainability and Value for Money are always considered
- To design and deliver training for trainers / super users, service finance teams and non-financial officers on a broad range of financial accounting topics
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Extensive knowledge of accounting principles, policies and practices
- Extensive knowledge of the council’s budget processes and requirements
- Knowledge of the council’s own financial framework including financial regulations, budget and closing of accounts guidelines
- Strong direct experience of accounts closing
- Experience of preparing accounting statements
- Experience of providing advice and support to council service departments
- Experience of working in a local authority or similar public sector organization
Reference no: 108926