Job Description
We require an experienced Local Government Finance professional to support temporary capacity issues on the Co-ordination and Technical Team within Financial Management.\n\nThe successful applicant will be CIPFA qualified with Local Government finance experience.\n\nWe are specifically looking for experience in any / all of the following areas:\n\n• Accounting for Leases\n\n• Collection Fund Accounting\n\n• VAT Accounting\n\nEssential skills:\n\n• Excellent excel skills (e.g. pivot tables)\n\n• Experienced in managing and manipulating data\n\n• Experienced in application of accounting standards\n\n• Confident to work independently (with direction)\n\n• Confident to challenge and suggest improvement to processes\n\nPlanned activities:\n\n• Supporting implementation of IFRS 16, Leases\n\no Supporting the Principal Accountant (Technical) with implementation of IFRS 16, Leases, for 24/25’s Accounts.\n\no Finance Lease model is already in use and approved by our auditors – main task would be to replicate this model for all appropriate assets and to assist with consolidation of data and preparation of related disclosure notes.\n\n• Supporting Collection Fund Accounting\n\no Supporting Principal Accountant (Co-ordination) with year-end Collection Fund Accounting and associated returns.\n\n• Review of VAT processes\n\no Assisting with review of VAT treatment of the Council’s Fees and Charges.\n\n• Other ad-hoc year end support