Group Accountant Capital & Treasury

Directorate: Corporate Resources
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Council House

Local Authorities are facing unprecedented challenges and well managed finances have never been more important. To help us in our goal of financial excellence we are now looking to recruit a Group Accountant. You will need to be CCAB qualified or equivalent and have substantial experience within a similar role.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual with relevant technical accountancy knowledge specifically relating to Capital Accounting and Treasury Management. You should be an excellent communicator who is confident dealing with Members, Senior Leaders, Senior Managers and as well as managing a team and business partnering with all service users.

The role requires excellent IT skills together with the ability to solve complex problems, have an analytical nature which contributes to the delivery of a high-quality technical service from our accountancy team.

Together with the above, ideally you should have experience of closure of the statement of accounts for fixed assets, financial instruments and general capital accounting and funding as well as good report writing skills to enable the production of appropriate reports including the annual budget report, quarterly budget monitoring reports and capital and treasury management strategies. In return we offer you the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive environment.

For an informal discussion please contact Toni Nash 01332 641491 or Nicola Goodacre on 01332 643352.

If you think you have the skills, ambition and passion to really make a difference for the City and the Council we would invite you to submit an application.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 24th January 2022 and interviews proposed for Friday 28th January 2022. Any applications received after this date will not be accepted.

Please be aware that where there are staff within the organisation who are ’at risk’ of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

All new starters will automatically start at the bottom of the grade.

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