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Deputy Chief Accountant

Spencer Clarke Group
Posted 10 days ago, valid for 6 days
Location

Bedford, Bedfordshire MK45 3EF

Salary

£600 - £800 per day

Contract type

Part Time

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  • The Local Authority in Bedfordshire is seeking a Deputy Chief Accountant on an interim basis, with a daily rate of £600 - £800, negotiable based on experience.
  • The role involves delivering the Council's annual Statement of Accounts, ensuring effective accounting controls, and liaising with external auditors.
  • Candidates must be fully qualified CCAB or CIMA accountants with strong Excel and analytical skills, and experience in closure of accounts and audit.
  • The contract is for 36 hours a week, with remote working options available, and the working hours are from 09:00 to 17:30.
  • Interested applicants should submit their CV along with their expected rate, but due to high application volumes, not all candidates may be contacted.

Deputy Chief Accountant

a Local Authority in Bedfordshire who are looking to appoint a talented Deputy Chief Accountant on an Interim basis are working with Spencer Clarke Group to find their next successful candidate.

What's on offer:

  • Daily rate: £600 - £800, inside IR35.

*negotiable based on experience

*please submit your CV with the rate you require

  • Remote working
  • Contract type: Contract (36 hrs a week)
  • Hours: 09:00 -17:30

About the role:

This role is to deliver the Council's annual Statement of Accounts, ensure effective accounting controls and liaise with the Council's external auditors.

The successful candidate will be expected to support the Chief Accountant in any aspect of corporate finance and provide resilience across the team, whilst specifically supporting and guiding in the areas of Technical Accounting, Fixed Assets and Taxation.

Based in Bedfordshire (Remote Working):

Responsibilities:

  • Supporting on specific financial accounting areas such as Financial Statements, Fixed Assets, Balance Sheet Reconciliations & Monitoring, reviewing and challenging financial controls and associated processes.
  • Taking ownership of specific finance processes to ensure all officers are appropriately trained able to carry out these processes in a consistent and efficient manner.

About you:You will have the following experience:

  • Fully qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant with strong Excel and analytical skills.
  • Closure of accounts, audit and have sound technical accounting skills.

How to apply

  • Once your CV is received, if you are successful you will be contacted.
  • Due to the extremely high number of applications, it may not be possible to contact every applicant. As such, if you are not contacted please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

About Spencer Clarke Group

Here at Spencer Clarke Group, we pride ourselves on connecting you with the best career opportunities; our experienced Consultants have extensive market knowledge and will also provide expert career advice along the way.

When you join us, you will receive:

  • Access to a wide range of temporary and permanent opportunities
  • Free DBS checks
  • Post Placement Aftercare
  • Loyalty reward scheme and regular competitions for our agency professionals

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We offer a market leading referral scheme of up to £250 so if you know of someone who may also be looking for an exciting career opportunity, ask them to email their CV to Brad on remembering to include your details as well.

*T's & C's apply.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.