Capital & External Reporting Manager

Staffordshire County Council; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 89,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffordshire County Council is seeking an External Reporting Manager to join the central Capital team in a permanent, full-time role. The position focuses on tracking expenditure and funding for capital projects, maintaining the capital grants register, and handling capital budgeting processes.

The role also covers fixed assets, asset register maintenance, and monitoring capital receipts and developer contributions.

Qualifications

• Membership of a CCAB body preferably CIPFA (or AAT member with minimum 2 years post-qualification).
• Experience in Local Government Finance, including the preparation and analysis of financial statements.
• Knowledge and understanding of the statutes, codes of practice and other rules in respect of Local Government Finance, and the ability to interpret and apply them.
• Experience of preparing statutory returns and/or grant claims.
• Experience of analysing complex financial information and presenting results.
• Able to analyse complex financial information or statistics and identify errors or inconsistencies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate timely completion and submission of statutory returns and grant claims to maximise income for Staffordshire.
• Create and manage a schedule for grant claims and statutory returns, allocating staff resources accordingly, to ensure that all required evidence is submitted when required.
• Liaise with Finance Partners and Corporate Accountants to offer advice and guidance on potential external grants, to maximise resources available to Staffordshire.
• Oversee the timely collection of statutory information required for Government Returns and forward these for sign off.
• Support Finance Partners in the preparation of estimates, by providing intelligence on grant claims in a timely manner.

Skills

CCAB member CIPFA

AAT member with 2+ years post-qual

Local Government Finance experience

Statutes & codes knowledge

Statutory returns & grant claims

Financial analysis

Error detection & data integrity

Interpersonal & communication skills

Job description

Staffordshire County Council is seeking an External Reporting Manager to join the central Capital team in a permanent, full-time role. The position focuses on tracking expenditure and funding for capital projects, maintaining the capital grants register, and handling capital budgeting processes.

The role also covers fixed assets, asset register maintenance, and monitoring capital receipts and developer contributions.