Accountant
Posted 1 week ago by Service Care Solutions
£50 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
York, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Accountant for a local authority in North Yorkshire involves providing financial information, advice, and support to various stakeholders, including budget managers and external clients. The position requires collaboration within a finance team and engagement with partner organizations to enhance commercial awareness and identify income opportunities. The Accountant will also support transformational change projects and service reviews without direct line management responsibilities. This is a hybrid working position on a 3-month contract with potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide financial information, advice, and support to budget managers, senior management, and external clients.
- Ensure support aligns with the agreed operating model and is consistent across the finance service.
- Rotate across different functional areas based on business needs and individual development.
- Work with key partner organizations, including health and schools.
- Contribute to the local authority's commercial agenda and identify income generation opportunities.
- Provide financial support for transformational change projects and service reviews.
- Lead on substantial pieces of work and supervise the work of others, including other Accountants.
Key Skills:
- Experience as an Accountant within a local authority.
- Strong financial analysis and reporting skills.
- Ability to provide high-quality customer service.
- Experience in commercial work and financial modeling.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.
- Leadership skills to supervise and guide other team members.
Salary (Rate): £50.00/hr
City: York
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Accountant Local Authority North Yorkshire Northallerton or York based Hybrid Working Available 3 Month Contract (Potential for Extension) Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00 37 Hours per week £50ph Umbrella £44.06ph PAYE Inclusive or £29.32ph PAYE Exclusive
Service Care Solutions are working with a Yorkshire based local authority. They are looking for an experienced Accountant with previous LA experience.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- The core focus of this job is to provide financial information, advice and support to a range of customers including budget managers, senior management, and partners/external clients.
- Post holders will ensure that, as part of a larger integrated Finance team, their own support is in line with the agreed operating model and consistent across the finance service.
- A key feature of this generic job role is the expectation that post holders will rotate according to business needs and individual development needs.
- As an Accountant in the Finance Team, the post-holder would be expected to work across a number of different functional areas depending on business needs, providing a high-quality service that promotes customer self-help.
- Working closely with other support services and customers, the post-holder may be expected to work with key partner organisations including health, schools, and other external customers.
- The Finance Team providers a centre of expertise in commercial work and financial modelling, and the post-holder will be expected to contribute to the local authorities commercial agenda both supporting services to be commercially aware and through identifying and maximising opportunities for the Finance Team to generate income streams.
- The post holder will also provide financial support to services in relation to transformational change projects and focussed service reviews.
- The post-holder will not undertake line management responsibilities, but will be expected to lead on substantial pieces of work and supervise the work of others, which will occasionally include other Accountants.
Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.
If this role is of interest, please just respond to this advert with an up to date copy of your CV or call Jake on 01772 208969