£630 - £650 Per Day
Full Time
Temporary
Bexley, Greater London
Public Sector And Council
Posted 15 hours ago
Expires In 28 Days
Job Description
- Overall day to day responsibility for managing up to 6 FTE
- To ensure that revenue and capital accounting entries underpinning the Statement of Accounts are produced in a timely manner, are accurate and in accordance with relevant legislative requirements and professional codes of practice and guidelines
Responsibilities
- To produce the Statement of Accounts, Group Accounts and other related statutory returns
- To lead on the provision of financial advice and statutory returns relating to taxation and VAT.
- To support and co-ordinate the development of capital strategy as an integral part of the medium term financial strategy, formulating policies and practices across the nominated Council(s).
- To produce high level capital monitoring reports in accordance the timetable established by the Head of Strategy treasury and Pensions.
- To collaborate with the Finance Manager, Treasury & Pensions in developing a Treasury Strategy which reflects the Councils capital spending plans and cashflow forecasting.
- The post is focused on delivering specialist accounting services and the post holder will have a wide understanding of accounting requirements and practical knowledge
- To develop the Capital Strategy in consultation with the Finance Manager Strategy.
- To collaborate with the Finance Manager Strategy to ensure that the procedures and systems used for the recording and monitoring of capital expenditure are fit for purpose.
- Formulate and present financing options for capital expenditure, in order to optimise the use of available resources.
- To calculate depreciation, impairment and other capital charges.
- Lead on the corporate grants register ensuring accurate grant records that satisfy both statutory accounting and monitoring requirements.
- Monitoring spending against specific grants and preparing grant claims as appropriate
Requirements
- A detailed knowledge of the accounting requirements pertaining to capital and revenue expenditure and the key influences on the strategic finances of the authority
- Accounting and budgetary experience, sound knowledge of local government finance framework, accounting principles and standards, statutory requirements and relevant codes of practice.
- Knowledge of the major issues facing local government, understanding of the national policy context, requirements and future direction for local authorities
- Good interpersonal and communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences both horizontally and vertically, financial and non-financial, throughout the organisation
- Sound knowledge of accounting principles and standards Experience of producing year end accounts
- Experience of attending Member Committees and/or other corporate/board meetings
- Experience of financial appraisals, modelling techniques, development of business cases
- Staff management experience with the ability to lead and develop a team
- Experience of delivering change programmes
Isaac Bonsu
Isaac.Bonsu@voxconsultants.com
02081384125
Division V85
Vox Network Consultants London
34 Lime Street
Greater London
EC3M 7AT
0208 1384125
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