Group Accountant - Regeneration and Housing
- Recruiter
- Baltimore Consulting Limited
- Location
- London, UK
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 25 Oct 2019
- Closes
- 21 Nov 2019
- Ref
- 1312535962
- Job role
- Group accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
Group Accountant- Regeneration and Housing
West London
Public Sector, Local Authority
Full time - 10 Months*
£350-£450 per day - Outside of IR35
Interview date: 30th October
Start date: Within short notice.
A local authority is looking to appoint a Group Accountant to join their Regeneration and Housing team. The role is in a great location for both London commuters and those travelling via train, based just outside of West London.
Due to internal movement within the team, the council are now accepting applications from CCAB Qualified Accountants who possess significant experience within Housing, General Fund and HRA to oversee two accountants alongside providing financial and accountancy support to the regeneration directorate services. The council will require the successful candidate to:
• Demonstrable experience of closure of accounts, monitoring and capital management.
• Provide reports to the Head of Finance in month meetings
• Be the subject matter expert for the respective service within Housing, General Fund and HRA (& highways, transport and planning)
• Provide a robust and comprehensive service to the council's senior management and finance management team
• Control and monitor budgets (Budget exceeds £50m) through quarterly budgetary control reports to identify and resolve (often complex) variances; setting rent.
• Act as the subject matter expert provide professional financial management and accountancy services to service departments
• Be on hand to support the closure of accounts in accordance with the prescribed standards and systems in line with corporate timetables
• Complete work on a range of financial systems and processes (e.g Corporate Financial Registers, Councils cash books, Collection Fund Accounts etc.)
• Review and control various capital government returns and grant claims completed by accountants
• Support the Directorate/Service in the preparation of the budget/MTFS in accordance with the corporate timescale
If you are open to discussing a new opportunity or actively looking for your next interim challenge, we stress the urgency of this role. The deadline for applications will be 25/10/2019 with the aim to conduct telephone interviews on 30th October (and start the contract within short notice). For more information, or to express an interest in this role, please send your CV to S.Edwards @(url removed) or you can call me directly on (phone number removed)
West London
Public Sector, Local Authority
Full time - 10 Months*
£350-£450 per day - Outside of IR35
Interview date: 30th October
Start date: Within short notice.
A local authority is looking to appoint a Group Accountant to join their Regeneration and Housing team. The role is in a great location for both London commuters and those travelling via train, based just outside of West London.
Due to internal movement within the team, the council are now accepting applications from CCAB Qualified Accountants who possess significant experience within Housing, General Fund and HRA to oversee two accountants alongside providing financial and accountancy support to the regeneration directorate services. The council will require the successful candidate to:
• Demonstrable experience of closure of accounts, monitoring and capital management.
• Provide reports to the Head of Finance in month meetings
• Be the subject matter expert for the respective service within Housing, General Fund and HRA (& highways, transport and planning)
• Provide a robust and comprehensive service to the council's senior management and finance management team
• Control and monitor budgets (Budget exceeds £50m) through quarterly budgetary control reports to identify and resolve (often complex) variances; setting rent.
• Act as the subject matter expert provide professional financial management and accountancy services to service departments
• Be on hand to support the closure of accounts in accordance with the prescribed standards and systems in line with corporate timetables
• Complete work on a range of financial systems and processes (e.g Corporate Financial Registers, Councils cash books, Collection Fund Accounts etc.)
• Review and control various capital government returns and grant claims completed by accountants
• Support the Directorate/Service in the preparation of the budget/MTFS in accordance with the corporate timescale
If you are open to discussing a new opportunity or actively looking for your next interim challenge, we stress the urgency of this role. The deadline for applications will be 25/10/2019 with the aim to conduct telephone interviews on 30th October (and start the contract within short notice). For more information, or to express an interest in this role, please send your CV to S.Edwards @(url removed) or you can call me directly on (phone number removed)