London Tri-Borough Councils Hiring for Financial Accountant RBKC349230 Job at London, England Full Time

Job Summary:

Salary range: £37,491 – £44,598 per annum.

Work location: London

Hours per week: 36

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 8th February 2022

Interview dates: 16th, 17th and 18th February 2022

About Us:

Take the next step in your accounting career and do work with a far-reaching social impact.

People are at the heart of every decision at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We work collaboratively as a team to ensure we are delivering a great quality of life for every resident, ensuring that all that we do is in the interest of our local community. This ethos is embedded in every area and at every level of organisation. Join us as a Financial Accountant and it will be the guiding principle of your role.

Our Financial Reporting and Controls team sits in Financial Management, leading a wide range of financial reporting and accounting practice. This includes monitoring compliance with financial controls, delivering outstanding technical advice, producing our annual financial statements and achieving a successful external audit.

The Role:

This is the ideal opportunity to help support financial accounting, reconciliation and reporting across a large range of corporate functions. Including rotations on Balance Sheet management, technical Revenue and Capital, Cash and Bank, VAT and taxation, your role will be varied and challenging.

You will be responsible for monitoring compliance with several key financial controls throughout the year, identifying issues and resolving these with finance business partners and other stakeholders. The role is key in supporting the annual closure of our statutory accounts and dealing with external audit queries to obtain an unqualified audit opinion.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

You will bring experience using integrated accounting systems (such as SAP), as well as the ability to run reports, interpret and reconcile financial data, and produce excellent quality working papers. Your proficiency in using spreadsheets, completing financial returns and producing process documents will be hugely valuable. Your confidence in dealing with all audit queries that come your way will evidence your credibility.

Alongside experience of closing accounts in public sector organisations, a sound understanding of local government accounting regulations, policies and CIPFA Codes of Practice is essential.

Join us in this fascinating challenge, and you will have access to a wide range of desirable benefits, plus excellent training and development opportunities.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applicants.