Role: Financial Accountant
Job Ref: QAD 2709/2201
Pay Rate: Competitive Market Rate
Hours per week: 37 hours per week
Contract Length: Anticipated 6 months
Location: Salisbury or Fareham – 2-3 days per week onsite
We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Financial Accountant. Key accountabilities include the preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns and acting as the administrative point of contact for interim and final external audits, ensuring all necessary reconciliations and supporting documentation are maintained. The role also involves maintaining the Assurance Framework, providing guidance to the finance community, and preparing statutory financial statements in line with HM Treasury’s Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
A successful candidate will possess strong financial accounting expertise, an understanding of statutory accounts, and professional qualifications through CIMA, ICAEW, ACCA, or another recognised CCAB body. Public sector experience and proficiency in Microsoft Excel are essential, alongside the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
Key Responsibilities:
* Generation and submission of quarterly VAT returns.
* Liaise with the external audit team as the administrative point of contact for the Interim and Final audits, maintaining comprehensive workings and reconciliations to support them.
* Support delivery and operational finance teams with accounting, policy and VAT issues, liaising where required with colleagues in the Head Office and the Financial Management Policy and Accounting (FMPA) team.
* Maintain the Assurance Framework and guide the finance community on assurance activities across the function.
* Prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with the HM Treasury’s Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
* Process stewardship of the financial processes and coordinating activity to refresh the process content on the Themis Management System.
* Provide quality oversight and assurance of financial information, actively encouraging innovation and improvement both within the finance community and with wider influence.
* Identify and support improvements to business processes, considering organisation effectiveness and not just short-term savings.
Key Requirements:
* Understand financial statutory accounts.
* Financial accounting expertise.
* Keep up to date with financial reporting requirements (IFRS, FReM).
* High delivery focus and integrity.
* Competent with Microsoft Excel.
* Effective communication in various mediums, including presentation of complex data, at all levels of the organisation.
* Public sector experience.
* Professionally qualified through CIMA, ICAEW, ACCA or other CCAB body.
Desirable:
* Advanced knowledge of financial technologies and Microsoft Excel.
* A awareness of government accounting and Managing Public Money.
* Experience within government or Defence specifically is desirable.
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