Hybrid Interim Systems Accountant (Local Authority)

MLC Partners Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 92,000; Part time

Job summary

London Local Authority is seeking an experienced Systems Accountant to support the development, maintenance and improvement of its finance systems and reporting processes on a six-month interim contract.

The role requires strong systems accounting experience within a local authority context and the ability to work across finance and wider service teams. Hybrid working is offered, with focus on delivering improvements to financial information systems across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in local authority accounting.
• Strong systems accounting and finance systems experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365.
• Experience improving finance processes, reporting and system functionality.
• Strong stakeholder management across finance and service teams.
• Practical approach to identifying system issues and delivering improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain finance systems and reporting.
• Improve processes and system functionality.
• Collaborate with finance and service teams on improvements.
• Identify system issues and deliver optimisations.

Skills

Local authority accounting

Finance systems

Microsoft 365

Finance reporting

Stakeholder management

Issue resolution

Job description

London Local Authority is seeking an experienced Systems Accountant to support the development, maintenance and improvement of its finance systems and reporting processes on a six-month interim contract.

The role requires strong systems accounting experience within a local authority context and the ability to work across finance and wider service teams. Hybrid working is offered, with focus on delivering improvements to financial information systems across the organisation.