Role: Financial Accountant - SC
Location: Salisbury or Fareham - Hybrid (2-3 days/week on site)
IR35: Inside
Rate: £678/day (Umbrella) MAX
Duration: 6 Months initially
Security Clearance: SC
The Role
Generation and submission of quarterly VAT returns by 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 Returns.
Supporting our delivery and operational finance teams with accounting, policy and VAT issues liaising, where required, with our colleagues in 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 Treasury’s 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.
Essential:
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, 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
A career path that can demonstrate effective delivery of:
Financial accounting and reporting.
Audit liaison.
Leading, owning and delivering successful accounting outcomes.
Influencing without line management authority and building strong relationships with senior colleagues.
Undertaking financial analysis quickly and accurately.
Working to tight deadlines.
Understanding current reporting / presentation tools and techniques.
Desirable:
Advanced knowledge of financial technologies and Microsoft Excel.
Awareness of government accounting and Managing Public Money.
Experience within government or Defence specifically is desirable.
Security Clearance: SC
To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on (phone number removed)
Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, 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
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 on (phone number removed).
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 me know