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A London University is seeking a Head of Financial Accounts
18 Month Contract
Hybrid working (2 days in the office)
£65,000 - £70,000 starting salary.
42 days holiday
Excellent Pension
Reporting in the Associate Director of Financial Control you will manage a team of 2.
The client is looking for a Qualified Accountant.
Experience in the Higher Education, Not For Profit or wider Public Sector would be highly advantageous.
- Actively contribute on all aspects of statutory accounts, internal and external audits.
- Development of financial controls, processes, policies and procedures across income and expenditure areas.
- Monitor the control accounts on a monthly basis, ensuring that balances are understood and corrective action is in place to reconcile accounts.
- Manage the capitalisation of expenditure, securing auditable records.
- Assist with all internal and the external audit processes, meeting auditors and providing information to support their inspections.
- Contribute to the internal monthly management accounts and external financial forecasts presented to the Office for Students, confirming balance sheet and cashflow assumptions.
- Coordinate the updates required to the Financial Regulations, finance policies and processes, training finance and non-finance staff where relevant.
Experience in the HE sector or Not For Profit sector would be highly advantageous.
