Job Description

This is working full time hours on a temporary contract basis

• To be the primary expert on financial accounting regulations and be the primary advisor on this subject matter to the Client’s statutory section 151 Officer.

• To hold the day-to-day responsibility for the Client’s system of financial controls, ensuring that all key reconciliations are produced monthly, quarterly or yearly depending on their importance and the regularity.

• To regularly liaise and manage relationships with the External Auditors at a senior level.

• To manage the production of the Client’s Single entity and Group accounts.

• To manage the end of year capital and asset accounting processes.

• To manage the financial accounting function and present to directors and councillors on the matter, where appropriate.

• To ensure that the team provide specialist financial accounting advice to budget holders and officers in other parts of Finance to support decision-making and financial modelling of major business cases.

• To be the day-to-day system owner of SAP, BPC, CIPFA Asset Manager and any system related to the Client’s Accounts.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities