Senior Accountant
37 Hours per week
JOB PURPOSE:
To provide high quality financial advice on technical areas of work in one or more of the above areas and provide advice and support to staff and customers.
MAIN DUTIES Senior Accountant
The following is typical of the duties the postholder will be expected to perform. It is not necessarily exhaustive and other duties of a similar nature and level may be required from time to time.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Senior Accountant
To undertake work in one or more of the following areas:
• Preparing revenue budgets including identifying and estimating cost pressures, and providing input to the annual budget and medium term plan.
• Monitoring and controlling revenue budgets including providing input to section 151 and revenue budget monitor reports.
• Maintaining and developing accounting records and systems, including understanding and applying relevant statutory and professional requirements in order to prepare final accounts.
• Producing and analysing detailed statistical and management information from a range of sources, and completing more complex government returns and claims.
• Providing financial support to directorates preparing capital projects for inclusion in the our capital programme, and on external funding regimes.
• Providing financial support and advice on preparing business plans and business cases.
• Assist in reviewing and implementing financial policies and procedures.
• Providing input to Cabinet and other reports as required.
To develop and implement innovative proactive and reactive solutions to funding and accounting issues.
To work with budget holders and other clients to deliver a responsive and value adding service. Directorate
To coach and mentor staff on technical areas of work.
To promote and implement the our Equality Policy in all aspects of employment and service delivery.
To support the relevant manager to meet the division’s business and service objectives. External
To work with external and partner agencies as appropriate.
To represent the us on relevant external bodies as required
Essential
• Experience of preparing/monitoring capital projects e.g. assessing the one-off and recurring revenue implications of capital and other projects.
• Experience of preparing/monitoring revenue budgets
• Experience of interpreting and applying relevant technical guidance and regulations including accounting standards, concepts and conventions and preparing local authority statutory accounts.
• Experience of accounts closedown processes – e.g. raising year-end debtors and creditors, preparing notes to the accounts.
• Experience of providing financial advice and technical guidance to non-finance colleagues.
• Experience of explaining and presenting financial information to non-finance colleagues in user friendly formats.
• Experience of improving financial systems and processes to make them more efficient and effective, and more user friendly for non-finance staff.
• High level of competence using financial systems
• High level of competence using Microsoft Excel, Word and Powerpoint.
• Excellent written communication skills.
Desirable
• Relevant CCAB qualification.
• Understanding of current local government financial issues.
• Understanding of challenges facing local government sector as a whole.
• Experience of working with external bodies.
Interested Please apply