Role: Financial Accountant REF 82404 Contract Length: 6 months Location: Hybrid/Salisbury or Fareham 2-3 days/week on site IR35: Inside Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate Security Clearance: SC requested Spinwell is recruiting for a Financial Accountant for an excellent opportunity within the public sector. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT Generation and submission of quarterly VAT returns by client deadlines (for consolidation into their VAT return to HMRC). Liaising with the external audit team as the administrative point of contact for our Interim and Final audits, maintaining comprehensive workings and reconciliations to support them. Supporting the preparation of our various client Returns. Supporting our delivery and operational finance teams with accounting, policy and VAT issues liaising, where required, with our colleagues in client Head Office and the Financial Management Policy and Accounting (FMPA) team. Maintaining our Assurance Framework and guiding the finance community on assurance activities across the function. Preparation of statutory financial statements in accordance with the HM Treasurys Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Process Stewardship of our financial processes and coordinating activity to refresh our process content on the Themis Management System. Providing quality oversight and assurance of financial information, actively encouraging innovation and improvement both within the finance community and with wider influence. Identifying and supporting improvements to business processes, considering organisation effectiveness and not just short-term savings. Working with our Systems and Reporting team to continuously improve processes and outcomes for our community and our stakeholders. Ensuring the finance team maintains its objectivity, impartiality, independence and integrity in adhering to professional code of ethics, applicable accounting and reporting standards and other corporate policy / guidelines. SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT Understanding financial statutory accounts. Financial accounting expertise. Keeping up to date with financial reporting requirements (IFRS, FReM). High delivery focus and integrity. Competent with Microsoft Excel. Good working relationships internally (cross-functional and other finance staff), and externally (auditors, client, etc.). Effective communication in various mediums, including presentation of complex data, at all levels of the organisation. Personal resilience in dealing with non-negotiable timescales and conflicting priorities Public sector experience Professionally qualified through CIMA, ICAEW, ACCA or other CCAB body If you are a Financial Accountant, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion. Applying to this or any other vacancy advertised by Spinwell Ltd constitutes an agreement for Spinwell Ltd to hold your details for 24 months for the purpose of assessing suitability for the advertised position and to make you aware of any other positions deemed suitable of which You will make you aware by means of either email, text or phone. In line with GDPR regulations you are able to request your details be removed from the company data at any time by emailing us Disability Confident As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. Armed Forces Covenant The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. If you qualify for the above, please notify us and quote the role you are applying for. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview. Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let us know.