Accountant - Capital & Technical

Warwickshire County Council; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Capital Accountant to join their Strategic Finance team. The successful candidate will lead on capital accounting, ensuring compliance with standards, managing asset registers, and providing technical financial advice. Candidates must be CCAB or CIMA qualified with significant experience in finance, specifically in capital accounting. A commitment to excellence and collaboration in a supportive environment is essential, along with strong Excel skills.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous annual leave

Professional development opportunities

Access to employee discounts

Qualifications

• Substantial post-qualification experience in a finance environment.
• Ability to manage complex technical areas and meet challenging deadlines.
• Experience in capital accounting - preferably within a local authority setting.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and maintain financial integrity.
• Manage the Council's asset, lease, and capital grants registers.
• Provide technical financial advice and respond to audit queries.
• Contribute to investment proposals and ensure accurate depreciation in budgets.
• Monitor grants and manage capital funds.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excel skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

CCAB or CIMA qualified

Job description

Are you ready to make a real impact in local government finance? We're looking for an experienced Capital Accountant to join our Strategic Finance team. This is your chance to take ownership of a key technical area, ensuring accurate capital accounting and strong financial governance. You'll safeguard the integrity of the Council's financial reporting, ensuring full compliance with accounting standards, and provide expert advice on complex capital accounting issues for a balance sheet with fixed assets valued at £1.5 billion covering a diverse portfolio of land, buildings, and infrastructure. You'll be at the heart of our capital accounting and technical finance work. You'll lead on all aspects of capital accounting - maintaining key registers, managing asset valuations, delivering the capital elements of the Statement of Accounts, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. You'll handle complex transactions, oversee the capital closedown process, and provide expert technical advice to support accurate reporting and audit assurance.

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and maintain financial integrity.
• Manage the Council's asset, lease, and capital grants registers, including property valuations.
• Oversee the annual capital closedown process and support the production of the Statement of Accounts.
• Provide technical financial advice and respond to audit queries.
• Maintain and reconcile the capital ledger, posting financing adjustments and allocating resources.
• Contribute to investment proposals and ensure accurate depreciation in budgets.
• Monitor grants, act as cost centre manager for capital funds, and complete statutory returns on time.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application.

We want someone who:

• Has excellent attention to detail and takes pride in and ownership of their work.
• Uses initiative and proactively collaborates with colleagues.
• Is keen to learn and adapt in a dynamic environment.
• Possesses strong Excel skills and ideally experience with financial systems.
• Brings experience in capital accounting - preferably within a local authority setting although this is not essential.
• Communicates complex information clearly and confidently.

Must be CCAB or CIMA qualified with substantial post-qualification experience in a finance environment.

• Ability to manage complex technical areas and meet challenging deadlines.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Desirable

• Highly developed Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience in local government finance and statutory reporting.
• Sound understanding of capital accounting principles.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

Working for Warwickshire - This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them! At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Flexible working options - including hybrid working to support work-life balance.
• Generous annual leave and local government pension scheme.
• Professional development opportunities - we'll support your growth and continuous learning.
• A supportive, collaborative team that values innovation and improvement.
• Work that matters - every decision and calculation helps deliver services and investments that benefit our community.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.