Group Accountant
Location: Hertfordshire
Contract: Temporary (6 months)
Rate: £300-£350 Per Day Umbrella
Start date: ASAP
*Hybrid Working*
Contact: (url removed)
Job Description
Service Care Solutions is recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority in Hertfordshire for a Group Accountant. This is a fantastic opportunity for a finance professional to play a key role in delivering expert financial advice, managing budgets, and ensuring strong financial governance. If you have experience in financial management, budgeting, and team leadership within a local authority setting, we’d love to hear from you!
Main responsibilities
To provide financial advice and guidance for a range of services across the council supporting key financial processes to enable the sound financial management of the organisation. This will require the post-holder to use professional skills and knowledge to proactively identify, investigate, analyse, and evaluate issues and/or solutions within the financial management framework.
To ensure that processes and procedures are adhered to with respect to the financial administration of the organisation’s affairs. This will include identifying opportunities to improve these processes and procedures on an ongoing basis.
Contribute to the development of a strong financial awareness culture across the organisation and lead the budget setting and budget monitoring processes.
To lead and manage a small team...