Corporate Accountant

North East Mayoral Strategic Authority; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

North East Mayoral Strategic Authority is recruiting a Corporate Accountant to join its Finance & Investment Directorate in the North East. The role provides specialist advice across a broad range of complex financial matters and helps strengthen internal finance capability.

The ideal candidate is a fully qualified accountant with strong technical accounting experience in the public sector, including capital accounting, treasury management and due diligence for major investments.

Qualifications

• High level technical accounting experience in local government or public sector.
• Experience with capital accounting, treasury management, investment accounting and financial instruments.
• Ability to explain complex financial issues to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical accounting advice on capital financing, loans, grants, reserves and balance sheet matters.
• Support financial due diligence for investment proposals, business cases and new delivery structures.
• Advise on treasury management, investments and complex financial transactions.
• Support statutory accounts, year-end closedown and external audit.
• Help respond to evolving fiscal devolution requirements.
• Strengthen financial controls, governance and technical capability across the finance function.

Skills

Technical accounting

Capital accounting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Fully qualified accountant

Job description

NRG is partnering with the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority to recruit a Corporate Accountant to join its Finance & Investment Directorate.

This is a key technical finance role, providing specialist advice across a broad range of complex financial matters and helping strengthen the North East MSA’s internal finance capability.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing technical accounting advice on capital financing, loans, financial instruments, grants, reserves and balance sheet matters.
• Supporting financial due diligence for investment proposals, business cases and new delivery structures.
• Providing advice on treasury management, investments and complex financial transactions.
• Supporting statutory accounts, year-end closedown and external audit.
• Helping the organisation respond to evolving fiscal devolution requirements.
• Strengthening financial controls, governance and technical capability across the finance function.

We are looking for a fully qualified accountant (CIPFA, ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW or equivalent) with strong technical accounting experience gained within local government, the wider public sector or another complex financial environment.

Experience of capital accounting, treasury management, investment accounting, financial instruments or major project due diligence would be particularly relevant.

You will be confident providing technical advice, able to explain complex financial issues clearly and comfortable working with a range of senior stakeholders.

For further information or a confidential discussion about the role, please contact:

Scot McHarg

Lead Consultant, NRG Executive

Email: [e-mail]

You can also visit our dedicated North East MSA Finance & Investment campaign microsite to view full details of all current opportunities:

https://www.nrgplc.com/clients/north-east-mayoral-strategic-authority

This includes the candidate information pack, job descriptions, person specifications and application process.

These are genuinely exciting opportunities to join the North East MSA at an important point in its development. Each role offers the chance to contribute to a growing Finance & Investment Directorate, work at the heart of devolution and regional investment, and play a meaningful part in supporting the future economic growth of the North East.