Teqniq is searching for a Accountant Corporate Finance to work in the public sector.
28.80 hours per week.
3 months contract.
09:00-17:30
Job Description:
- To be a key member of a team that ensures the Council's financial accounts are a true reflection of activity undertaken by the Council.
- To ensure that the area of the Accounts that the officer holds specific responsibility is accounted for in line with Internal Financing Reporting Standards and CIPFA's Code of Practice for Local Government Accounting.
- To be a technical expert in a part of Corporate Finance and provide specialist financial accounting advice to budget holders and officers in other parts of Finance to support decision-making.
- To ensure any specific technical notes are kept-up-to-date to ensure business continuity and to allow officers to develop expertise in all areas across Corporate Finance.
- To ensure that all key reconciliations and forecasts are updated in line with the Council's Financial Regulations and with the timescales for quarterly accounts production.
Generic Accountabilities
1. The post holder will be expected to work unsupervised on their specific area of specialism but also work on a wide range of Project based financial issues and provide suggestions for the resolution.
2. The role requires a high level of financial accountancy skills as they will need to have and develop specialist areas of knowledge.
3. The postholder will need to undertake other tasks as required.
4. To manage the financial accounting area for the Accounts or the Budget with limited supervision.
5. To ensure all reconciliations and forecast models are up-to-date.
6. To propose and deliver solutions with limited supervision for complex accounting problems.
7. Pro-Actively seek opportunities to improve the financial support provided to Council's deliver efficiencies including through the implementation of system improvements and increased automation.
8. Any other duties reasonably requested by management.
9. Carry out all accountabilities in compliance with the Council's Policies and Procedures
TEQ-0724-RQ1323416
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