Job Description

This is an amazing opportunity for a principal accountant to embark onto a prestigious public sector organisation and join a successful team and including being responsible for excellent management of financial resources, promoting efficiency, high performance, probity and excellent value for money services. The post holder will play a crucial in the delivery of service transformation, driving efficiency and productivity improvements and also the optimisation of income opportunities, to contribute towards the achievement of financial self-sufficiency.

Key responsibilities:

• Be the financial expert of the Council for Housing Services, for both the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and General Fund Housing Services.

• Provide a proactive internal financial advisory service to the Council across a range of major corporate initiatives, projects and schemes.

• Co-ordinate the Council's capital budgets and programme, including financing and all associated balance sheet and asset management transactions.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

At least three years post qualification experience in a professional finance environment preferably within the public sector. Must be a fully qualified member of one the accountancy institutes in CCAB, preferably CIPFA A full understanding of up to date Local Government finance policies and legislation.