Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant specialising in Capital and Close Down to join their team on a temporary basis of 6-9 months.

Client Details

My client is a government funded organisation based in central Birmingham

Description

• Preparing statutory financial statements for the organisation and all its subsidiaries
• Coordinating capital funding allocation across the capital programme and providing strategic advice where necessary
• Managing the fixed asset register and supporting improvement to systems and processes
• Implementing accounting standards in accordance to Local Authority Code of Practice
• Developing systems and processing following the implementation of IFRS16 Lease Accounting and acting as the technical lead for IFRS16 Lease Accounting
• Acting as key point of contact for external auditors for fixed assets (PPE) and capital grants
• Completing capital funding posting and reconciliations between capital funding summary and deferred capital grants monthly

Profile

• Qualified accountant
• Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a busy team, with experience of delivering to strict deadlines
• Experience of month end processes and routines
• Good communication and inter-personal skills, comfortable with liaising with other teams and external parties
• High attention to detail and the ability to produce work to an excellent presentational standard
• Able to demonstrate practical capital accounting experience
• Experience of working on audits or previous experience within public practice
• Desire and ability to learn and develop new skills and be able to embrace change with a 'can do' attitude

Job Offer

6 - 9 month role

£500 - £600 a day umbrella