Senior Accountant
What's involved with this role:
Temporary Senior Accountant
Gwent BL 365931
Hybrid working
NB: Police Vacancy - only for candidates with a minimum of 3 years continuous UK address history. Please note that this vacancy is subject to a strict security vetting procedure.
Please do not apply for this role unless your CV meets the following general requirements, listed below:
You must be UK based and have the right to work in the UK.For office based and hybrid roles, your commute to the place of work must be less than 1 hour.
This is a temporary role, initially 6 months. Please do not apply if you are seeking a permanent position.
Key Requirements:
As a CCAB qualified accountant - with at least 2 years post qualification experience.Level 2 Welsh essential (training will be provided). Level 3 Welsh and above is desirable.
Must have previous managerial and supervisory experience.
Must have previous experience of using computerised financial management information systems.
Must have experience of producing Statutory Financial Statements and associated year end procedures.
Must have previous experience of providing financial management support to stakeholders.
Must have previous experience of analysing data using a variety of applications/methods including option appraisal techniques to provide management information.
The Senior Accountant supports the Head of Finance and wider department in the provision of financial stewardship and business management support to efficiently and effectively deliver.
Key Responsibilities:
Deputise for the Head of Finance in times of absence/ unavailability and provide resilience across the other Accountants’ portfolios and support the Head of Finance where appropriate in delivering robust business planning and business change initiatives.This will include the use of decision-making models to inform the business decision process.
Work with the other Senior Accountants to ensure that the priorities and demands
of the Project/Assistant/Support Accountants, Cashier, Payments Team Leader, and
Payments Assistants are managed effectively to ensure timely and accurate delivery of workload.
Motivate and develop staff, ensuring that objectives are clear and that individuals have the skills and competencies required to deliver the required levels of performance.
Deliver detailed requirements arising from the annual budget setting plan to ensure the annual budget is set in a timely and accurate manner and deliver portfolio input into periodic medium term financial planning, the delivery of financial strategy and the maintenance of the budgetary control system.
Work with and provide qualitative information to Workstream Leads and Department Heads and external stakeholders to develop formalised, structured engagement, which supports operational, tactical and strategic decision making. This engagement will include the provision of sound financial/business advice and guidance, in respect of internal financial regulations, financial conditions of service, value for money exercises, funding options and the interpretation of statute/White Papers/regulations.
Produce, quality assure, develop and refine the statutory financial statements in line with the CIPFA Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting and International Financial Reporting Standards.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.1
Job Ref: Gwent BL 365931
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.