Financial Accountant - Central Government
About The Role
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 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.
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.
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