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Are you eager to land a brand new role? Our client, a busy local authority in Harrow . Are looking for a Corporate Financial Accountant to join their organisation.

Job Role: Corporate Financial Accountant
Temporary or Permanent: Temp
Number of Positions: 1 position
Location: Harrow
Office Based/Hybrid: Hybrid
Rate of Pay: £36.95 p/h umbrella
Pay Negotiable: Possibly

Purpose:
The Corporate Financial Accountant plays a key role in supporting the Chief Accountant by leading on the production of the Council’s annual Statement of Accounts, ensuring compliance with current regulations, audit standards and best practice.
The role oversees the management and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts throughout the year, contributes to improved financial processes, and 
 and ensures timely completion of statutory financial returns.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake tasks relating to year-end accounts, the production of the Statement of Accounts, following the latest guidance, audit requirements and best practices and support the audit process.
• To enhance, on an ongoing basis, the extraction and assembly of the trial balance from SAP in order to improve the automated production of the Statement of Accounts.
• To review all balance sheet codes on a timely basis and to take appropriate actions to resolve any identified issues.
• To maintain an overview of debtors (sums collected, arrears management and accounts for write off) and the overall debt position, including provisions for bad debt and to keep the Chief Accountant informed.
• To assist the Chief Accountant in the accurate and timely completion of relevant CIPFA, Government and ad-hoc revenue-based financial returns and grant claims (though many of these may be completed elsewhere), e.g. RO and Quarterly Revenue Update.

Job Requirements:

• Previous experience working within a local authority or a similar organisation.
• At least 2 years experience within a Corporate Financial Accountant
  or equivalent
• Knowledge and understanding of financial accounting within Local Authorities and the financial & legislative framework including SeRCOP, IFRS, Prudential Code, and best practice.
• CCAB qualified accountant
• Demonstrable experience of employing continuous improvement techniques to improve financial management, including improvements to the General Ledger system.

Please be advised that only candidates that have the specific skills and experiences required for this role will be shortlisted and submitted to our client for review. 

How to Apply:

If you are interested in applying, please press the button below, send your CV to tareeq.smith@temptingrecruitment.co.uk or contact Tareeq on 020 3854 4911 to discuss further.

To explore other exciting opportunities or learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our website https://www.temptingrecruitment

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