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Accountant required to join our Public Sector client to support them for at least 6 months through the year end and audit processes.
Location:Leicester
Pay Rate:£21.89ph - £23.58ph
Hybrid working, with every Wednesday in the office as a minimum, with extra days possible to suit business needs. There is the option to go temp-to-perm in this role.
Main Responsibilities:
- Provide financial and other information/advice to agreed timescales.
- Complete and submit statistical information, specialist support and returns as appropriate.
- Prepare the statutory accounts and lead the year end planning process including delivering of training on yearend processes
- Be a key contact for the external auditors and ensure that audit responses are accurate and completed within agreed timescales.
- Support the process to review balance sheet reconciliations
Essential:
- Hands on experience of preparing statutory year end accounts for a minimum of 3 years
- Experience of planning and leading a year end closedown through to audit conclusion
- Experience of resolving audit queries
- Experience of maintain a changes log, with journal entries, and preparing a final set of accounts
- Advanced excel skills
- Ability to own the numbers and drive progress
- Ability to achieve high level of accuracy and be numerate
- Experience of working in a large complex public sector organisation (ideally local government but we be struggling so any large public sector organisation)
- CCAB qualified (QBE considered for exceptional candidate)
Desirable:
- Local government experience
- CIPFA qualified
- Experience of staff management
- Experience of completing local government statistical returns
