Principal Accountant

Spencer Clarke Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the North East is seeking a Principal Accountant on an interim contract. This role involves overseeing financial services, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, and providing support for decision making. The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with strong analytical skills and experience in managing budgets and financial reports.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Loyalty reward scheme

Regular competitions

Qualifications

• Experience in final accounts, budget preparation, cash flow management.
• Ability to develop financial models including scenario planning.
• Experience with grant claims and other financial returns.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial aspects of the Council's companies including cash flow.
• Lead the annual closedown of accounts to trial balance.
• Liaise with external accountants/auditors for final account production.

Skills

Excellent analytical skills

Business partnering

Education

Fully Qualified Accountant

Job description

My client is a Local Authority in the North East who are looking to appoint a Principal Accountant on an Interim basis.

About the role:

Based in the North East (Hybrid):

The purpose of this role is to support the provision of a specialist financial management service through a range of accounting and financial reporting services which inform and support the decision-making requirements.

What's on offer:

• Rates: 180 - 400 per day inside IR35.

Negotiable based on experience

Please submit your CV with the rate you require

• Hybrid Working
• Contract type: Contract (37 hrs a week)
• Hours: 09:00 -17:00

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for the technical financial aspects affecting the Council's companies including cash flow management, income, payments, banking and tax.
• Lead on the annual closedown of the Council's companies for specified area to trial balance position or statement of accounts as appropriate.
• Liaise with appointed external accountants / auditors to ensure production of final accounts in accordance with timeframes and required standards.

About you:
You will have the following experience:

Fully Qualified Accountant

Able to develop knowledge or experience of or undertake:

• Business partnering for the areas of responsibility.
• Excellent analytical skills to work through complex matters, develop financial models, including scenario planning.
• Final accounts, budget preparation, cash flow management and budget monitoring.
• Grant claims and other financial returns.

How to apply

• Once your CV is received, if you are successful you will be contacted.
• Due to the extremely high number of applications, it may not be possible to contact every applicant. As such, if you are not contacted please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

About Spencer Clarke Group

Here at Spencer Clarke Group, we pride ourselves on connecting you with the best career opportunities; our experienced Consultants have extensive market knowledge and will also provide expert career advice along the way.

When you join us, you will receive:

• Access to a wide range of temporary and permanent opportunities
• Free DBS checks
• Loyalty reward scheme and regular competitions for our agency professionals

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