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:

• 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.
• 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.

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