Chief Accountant - Bexley - Interims

Akhirah Ltd

Posted 5 days ago, valid for a month

Bexleyheath, Greater London DA7, England

£65.77 - £71.77 per hour

Full Time

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The Chief Accountant position is responsible for managing a team of up to 10 FTE and overseeing the production of the Council's Single entity and Group accounts.
The role requires a CCAB qualification and at least 5 years of experience in financial accounting and management.
Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with financial regulations, managing financial controls, and liaising with external auditors.
The position also involves providing financial advice to budget holders and managing VAT returns and asset accounting processes.
This hybrid role offers a salary range of £60,000 to £70,000, with the requirement to attend the office once a week and evening meetings as necessary.

Job Title: Chief Accountant

Team: Finance & Technical Accounting

Management Group: Finance and Corporate Services

Reports to: Deputy Director of Finance and Property

Responsible for: This role has overall responsibility for managing staff up to 10 FTE

Main purpose of the job:

To manage the production of the Council's Single entity and Group accounts.
To be the primary expert on financial accounting regulations and be the primary advisor on this subject matter to the Council' s statutory section 151 Officer.
To hold the day-to-day responsibility for the Council'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 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 manage the completion of VAT returns and corporate advice on VAT issues
To have overarching responsibility for the Balance Sheet.
To manage system improvements in the Council's core financial systems and improve reporting capabilities, as the day-to-day system owner.
CCAB qualification required.

This is a hybrid role and the post holder will be required to come to the office once per week plus attendance at evening meetings as required.

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