Warwick 5260433

Key Requirements:

• A CCAB qualified accountant, with relevant post-qualifying experience (minimum of 3 years) in a public sector finance department or significant relevant experience within a public sector finance department.
• Experience of high-level relationships such as senior officers, Members, outside organisations at Meetings and Working Groups.
• A detailed knowledge and understanding of computer based financial management systems and software applications e.g. General Ledger.
• Proven ability to interpret and implement the legislative Codes of Practice pertaining to Local Government Finance.
• Extensive knowledge of and ability to create, develop and manage complex spreadsheets.
• Experience in LG Asset module, expert level.

We are seeking an Asset Accountant, with extensive and detailed asset accounting experience in a local government setting, to support a comprehensive review of the Asset Module, performing a retrospective look into the relevant accounts and the Asset Module to provide future external audit assurance for all Capital and Asset transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Calculate what the detailed revaluation reserve and decrement loss (i.e. charges to the CIES) movements should have been over the last three financial years (2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24) to establish what adjustments, if any, are required to the general ledger balances and / or records in the asset system.
• Assist with an analysis of the Asset Under Construction balances in the ledger, to provide audit assurance that the balances held are accurate.
• Assist with the preparation of the 2024/25 statement of accounts and the audit working papers, primarily around Note 14 and the capital expenditure and financing notes, including the Capital Adjustment Account and Revaluation Reserves.
• Work closely with the Principal Accountant (Capital and Treasury) and the financial system provider, Technology One.