Group Accountant (Financial)

Triumph Consultants Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 43.000 - 72.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Triumph Consultants Ltd is recruiting a Group Accountant with specialist Collection Fund expertise to lead the organisation's Collection Fund accounting, statutory returns and technical financial reporting. The role sits within a large public sector authority, offering exposure to complex financial decision-making and statutory compliance.

You will own business rates and council tax accounting, prepare year-end reporting and provide expert advice to senior stakeholders, working across Finance,

Qualifikationen

• CCAB qualified accountant (or equivalent experience) with strong technical accounting expertise.
• Significant experience of Collection Fund accounting, statutory returns and local authority financial reporting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial information and provide clear advice to senior stakeholders.
• Experience of working with external audit, preparing supporting evidence and resolving technical audit queries.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence and support non financial audiences.
• Experience improving finance systems, processes or reporting frameworks.
• Ability to present financial information clearly to groups and varied audiences.

Aufgaben

• Lead the organisation’s Collection Fund accounting function, including debt impairment, appeal provisions, forecasting and surplus/deficit calculations.
• Prepare, validate and submit statutory returns including NNDR1, NNDR3, CTB1, CTR1 and WGA inputs.
• Provide specialist technical advice on Collection Fund legislation, business rates retention and council tax accounting, supporting senior finance officers and key stakeholders.
• Produce financial analysis, forecasts and reporting to support medium-term financial planning and statutory financial reporting.
• Lead responses to external audit queries, ensuring appropriate assurance and resolving technical issues.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Finance, Revenues & Benefits, preceptors and external partners to ensure timely and accurate delivery of statutory returns and year-end requirements.
• Represent the organisation at internal and external financial working groups, providing technical insight and supporting collaborative decision-making.

Kenntnisse

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

External audit experience

Financial reporting

Ausbildung

CCAB qualification or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

Rate: £387.96 per day (flexible holiday pay options)

Contract: 12 months

Working Pattern: 37hrs, Monday to Friday

Hybrid Working: 2–3 days on site

The Role

Are you an experienced local government accountant with specialist Collection Fund expertise?

We’re supporting a large public sector organisation to recruit a Group Accountant to act as the lead specialist for Collection Fund accounting, statutory returns and technical financial reporting.

This role has arisen due to a secondment and offers the chance to work within a highly specialised technical finance team, supporting complex financial decision-making across a large and diverse authority.

You will take ownership of business rates and council tax accounting, surplus/deficit calculations, tax base processes, statutory returns, and year-end reporting. Working closely with Finance, Revenues & Benefits and external partners, you will provide specialist technical advice that ensures statutory compliance and supports medium-term financial planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the organisation’s Collection Fund accounting function, including debt impairment, appeal provisions, forecasting and surplus/deficit calculations.
• Prepare, validate and submit statutory returns including NNDR1, NNDR3, CTB1, CTR1 and WGA inputs.
• Provide specialist technical advice on Collection Fund legislation, business rates retention and council tax accounting, supporting senior finance officers and key stakeholders.
• Produce financial analysis, forecasts and reporting to support medium-term financial planning and statutory financial reporting.
• Lead responses to external audit queries, ensuring appropriate assurance and resolving technical issues.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Finance, Revenues & Benefits, preceptors and external partners to ensure timely and accurate delivery of statutory returns and year?end requirements.
• Represent the organisation at internal and external financial working groups, providing technical insight and supporting collaborative decision-making.

You Will Need

• CCAB qualified accountant (or equivalent experience) with strong technical accounting expertise.
• Significant experience of Collection Fund accounting, statutory returns and local authority financial reporting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial information and provide clear advice to senior stakeholders.
• Experience of working with external audit, preparing supporting evidence and resolving technical audit queries.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence and support non financial audiences.
• Experience improving finance systems, processes or reporting frameworks.
• Ability to present financial information clearly to groups and varied audiences.

Job Ref: 5305775

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.