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I am recruiting for Chief Accountant within a local authority based in London. The role will be a temporary position for 6 months paying 700 p/day+. The role will be hybrid working.
Key duties include
- 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.
If you are interested in this role, please apply
