Service Accountant Contract Full Time

Based in Hackney paying £23.23ph PAYE

This is a full time temporary role.

Our client is looking for a Service Accountant. To provide high quality, user-focussed and proactive financial support and challenge to a range of service areas in managing their finances and delivering the efficiency programme, along with accurate and timely information to support budget-setting, budget monitoring and accounts closure.

This specific request is to cover a role in the Adult Social Care finance team.

The successful candidate last role or current role must have been within Local Government. In addition candidates with financial experience supporting Adult or Children Social care services is preferred.

Plus other mandatory experience as per below:
• Experience of working in a customer focused management accounting environment
• Experience of cost centre management across budget setting, budget monitoring and accounts closing (capital and revenue)
• Experience of working with budget holders and providing a service to clients
• Advanced spreadsheet skills
• An understanding of local government finance and local government services
• Experience of working on your own initiative, but with the judgement to identify issues which need to be referred upwards for guidance in order to minimise risk to the organisation
• Fully qualified AAT or part qualified CCAB and / or experience of working in an accounting environment within a large organisation

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.
Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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