Senior Finance Officer

My Local Government client is looking to recruit a Senior Finance Officer on a permanent basis in the Corporate Finance Team. Working as part of a newly transformed finance team, your role will include the following:

1. Responsibility for leading on specific tasks, delivering work to a high standard across a range of finance service activities for the assigned team, including but not limited to, corporate accounting, VAT and indirect tax and finance systems maintenance to support services across the Council.

1. The role will specifically be responsible for (but not limited to) the following tasks:

• Completion of the monthly VAT claims including accuracy checks and sample testing
• Completion of the monthly CIS returns
• HMRC and VAT queries
• Monitoring and reporting on financial controls
• Completion of the annual Statement of Accounts and associated processes
• Finance systems maintenance support and resilience
• Completion of government and other statutory returns
• Balance sheet and other reconciliations
• Liaising with and providing information to internal and external audit as required

To be considered for the role you will need to have the following experience:

• CCAB part or fully qualified
• Relevant accountancy experience, working within a finance team related role in a local authority or wider public sector or not for profit organisation environment as part of a Financial Accounting Team
• Experience of year end closing processes and dealing with audit queries
• Experience of working to tight deadlines with a high attention to detail and accuracy
• Highly numerate and literate
• Excellent IT skills, experience and knowledge including Microsoft packages, specifically strong Excel skills and finance systems

The role is a permanent position with 2 to 3 days a month in the office. The salary being offered is 41,000 to 44,000.