Accountant
Full-time, Contract
Job Description
- Provide guidance to Senior Responsible Officers and budget holders on the application and implementation of Financial Standing Orders, Financial Management arrangements, and effective financial controls.
- The key generic financial tasks of the post are (dependant on the service unit/service area):
- Contribute to the development of the Council's Medium Term Financial Plan and the preparation of associated plans leading to improved forward planning
- Budgeting (revenue and capital)
- Management Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Statutory Accounts preparation
- Costing and financial appraisal for projects
- Treasury management
- Evaluate financial, time recording and other statistical information and calculate recharges of services in accordance with appropriate accounting principles. In addition, advise on pricing/trading account issues.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- CCAB qualified accountant with proven experience of successfully managing and delivering similar roles.
- Excellent IT skills. Experienced user of Microsoft Word and Excel and other packages to support commissioning work.
- Financial Modelling.
- Local authority accounting
- Presentations
- Use of FMS systems & office applications, including Oracle Financials and Business Objects.
Reference no: 90750