Revenue accounting and Taxation Manager

Leicester City Council; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization in Leicester is seeking a qualified accountant to manage a team within their corporate finance function. The role involves ensuring compliance with financial legislation, preparing financial reports, and providing support to auditors. Ideal candidates will have leadership skills, excellent accounting knowledge, and a positive attitude towards flexible working arrangements. This position offers competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible working

Childcare vouchers

Discounts on public transport

Relocation assistance

Qualifications

• Experience of accounting processes and financial planning.
• Understanding and interpreting local government legislation.
• Ability to manage large volumes of data.

Responsibilities

• Support council financial accounts process ensuring compliance.
• Prepare revenue monitoring reports and relevant working papers.
• Provide timely responses to auditors.

Skills

Leadership skills

Advanced spreadsheet skills

Customer service skills

Logical thinking

Problem-solving skills

Education

Accountant qualification (CIPFA, ICA, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment to work within our corporate finance function.

With a proven track record of providing professional accounting in local government, including being a qualified accountant, and excellent leadership skills and behaviours.

Managing a team of around 4 who are responsible for preparing revenue accounts, corporate budget monitoring, and taxation, you'll help us navigate a variety of complex challenges, using your leadership skills to balance public need and political expectations and deliver real value for the city.

You'll enjoy working in an environment that offers plenty of opportunities to develop your skills, trusts your professional judgement, and encourages you to build a rewarding career.

You'll have a flexible approach to working to include office and home based, to fit the needs of the service.

What you’ll be doing

Supporting the council financial accounts process by using specialist knowledge in corporate finance, government policy and local authority finance legislation, ensuring the Council complies with indirect taxation requirements.

You’ll also be involved with the planning, managing and leading the process by which revenue monitoring reports are prepared and reported, with a focus on accounting tasks, including preparing and reviewing relevant working papers for the statement of accounts, and providing timely responses to auditors.

With experience of accounting processes, financial planning and understanding and interpreting legislation, you are used to handling large volumes of data, confident in using spreadsheets at an advanced level, and adept at reporting on this data.

A logical thinker, you’ll be able to problem solve in a creative and proactive manner. You’ll have a positive attitude to flexible working and show resilience when working in a fast-changing operational support environment. Using excellent customer service skills will allow you to easily converse with all areas of the business and business support teams and translate their requirements into the technical solutions.

You’ll hold an accountant qualification (CIPFA, ICA, ACCA, CIMA).

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve the lives of those living and working in Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, and flexible working. We will give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise through training and development. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains, and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate. Those who excel in the role will have ample opportunities to take on new challenges.