Summary: The Financial Accountant at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is responsible for maintaining the financial health of the organization, focusing on capital and financial accounting, treasury functions, and compliance with accounting standards. This role involves developing capital investment plans, managing budgets, and overseeing financial systems to support both operational and strategic goals. The position offers an opportunity to contribute to a respected public sector organization dedicated to community safety. The role includes supervisory responsibilities and collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure financial efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain capital investment plans including identifying funding sources and arrange the prioritisation of projects.
• Prepare and manage the annual capital budget, to include cost forecasts, schedules and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic priorities.
• Maintain adequate liquidity to meet financial obligations, i.e. operational and capital funding needs.
• Arrange the investment of surplus funds in accordance with the Treasury Management Strategy and Scheme of Delegations.
• Assist in managing the debt portfolio, overseeing arrangements to monitor debt and interest payments.
• Actively support the closure of accounts process and the preparation of the statutory statement of accounts by taking responsibility for the completion of relevant statements and disclosures contained within.
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards (e.g. IFRS), regulations, and CIPFA Codes of practice.
• Responsible for dealing with HMRC on aspects of VAT and tax, overseeing accurate completion of relevant returns within deadline.
• Responsible for the financial accounting system, ensuring functionality and integration with internal systems, i.e. payroll, procurement, banking and finance.
• Facilitate ongoing maintenance and support for users, liaise with system providers and internal stakeholders for effective upgrade, backup and security.
• Assume supervisory responsibilities for the capital control team and to resolve operational and performance issues.

Key Skills:

• Strong knowledge of capital and financial accounting principles.
• Experience in budget preparation and financial planning.
• Understanding of treasury management and investment strategies.
• Familiarity with accounting standards such as IFRS and CIPFA Codes of practice.
• Ability to manage relationships with stakeholders and external bodies like HMRC.
• Proficiency in financial accounting systems and integration with other internal systems.
• Supervisory and leadership skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Salary (Rate): £50,018

City: undetermined

Country: Wales

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other