Senior Technical Accountant
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £43.42 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2024 |
| Location: | Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 8DA |
| Company: | Acorn Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | a1WNz000000hOS5MAM_1713358170 |
Summary
Acorn by Synergie is proud to be recruiting for our Public Sector client located in Wirral, North West, who are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Accountant. This is a contracted role, due to start on the 29/04/2024 estimated end date 28/07/2024, may be considered for extension.
This role will be a mixture of office based and hybrid work.
You will be required to work 36 hours per week, Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:15.
Job Purpose
The Senior Technical Accountant will provide accurate statutory reporting, financial management information, monitoring of key financial assets and statutory returns. This will require accurate and timely reporting of information, data interpretation and analytical review to finance and non-finance Officers and Members.
Qualifications required
- A recognised professional / technical accountancy qualification / part qualification (e.g. CIPFA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent.
- Desirable - Educated to degree level.
Experience
- Significant experience of working in a financial monitoring role, with a focus on capital accounting.
- Experience of working in a team environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare accurate financial reports, forecasts, and budgets for assigned teams, ensuring compliance with regulations and policies.
- Accurately deliver specific statutory information for the annual statement of accounts, information and submission of data for key regulatory returns, information to external auditors, responding to external audit requests. Meeting statutory deadlines for the external auditor and government body requirements.
- Support the interpretation and delivery of changes in statutory reporting requirements to finance and non-finance Officers.
- Assist in the preparation of year-end accounts, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and statutory requirements
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