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Chief Accountant - Bexley - Interims
Job Posted: 5 hours ago
Salary: £ 65.77 - 71.77 / Hour
Job Type: Contract
Location: DA6, Barnehurst, Greater London
Expire in: a month
Job Description
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 requiredBefore You Apply
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