Senior Accountant (Hybrid) needed in Taunton, £272.99 per day PAYE – Reference: 5294291
Supporting project reporting internal and external including grant claims.
Hybrid Working Expected – office attendance maybe once a week
- Provide complex, expert accounting and financial management advice, and advise the Senior Responsible Officers, Members, governance boards and budget holders on the financial implications of prepared reports, to ensure decisions are made in the full understanding of the financial consequences.
- Take lead on annual revenue and/or capital budgets preparation to ensure timely and accurate financial management, ensuring that spend is aligned to the strategic direction of the service and to support a holistic approach to business planning.
- Monitor expenditure and income across the client against budget plans and targets, identifying variations, risks and issues, and resolving these in partnership with the finance lead and the service leadership.
- Prepare the statement of accounts and other formal reports on the financial position, to enable the Client to fulfil its statutory reporting requirements. This includes presenting reports to Committees and other formal governance bodies within the Council.
- Provide financial impact evaluation and analysis modelling to provide up to date and accurate financial information and reports so that the Client leadership can make the best value for money judgements and report necessary financial information. This will include providing financial modelling for partnerships, service, projects and programmes where relevant.
- Provide training, advice and guidance to senior officers on the application and implementation of financial standing orders, and financial management arrangements to ensure effective financial controls are put in place so the Client adheres to all necessary Codes of Practice and relevant statues and regulations.
- Review legislative changes and evaluate the impact on financial policies, guidelines and protocols of the Client, to ensure compliance with regulations to required standards.
- Resolve complex queries from internal or external stakeholders by providing information on processes and the related policies, to ensure the integrity of the financial systems and controls.
- Plan and oversee the workload of the accounting team so that a full range of financial and accountancy services are delivered effectively and within given organisational standards and timescales.
This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.
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