Head of Corporate Finance
Posted 4 days ago by Morgan Law
£700 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Head of Corporate Finance role is a temporary position within a local authority in London, offering a salary of up to £700 per day. The position requires hybrid working arrangements and focuses on managing financial accounting processes and relationships with external auditors. Key responsibilities include overseeing the Council's financial controls and providing specialist advice to budget holders. A CCAB qualification is required for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the production of the Council’s Single entity and Group accounts.
- Act as the primary expert on financial accounting regulations and advisor to the Council’s statutory section 151 Officer.
- Oversee the Council’s system of financial controls, ensuring key reconciliations are produced as required.
- Liaise and manage relationships with External Auditors at a senior level.
- Manage end of year capital and asset accounting processes.
- Present financial accounting matters to directors and councillors.
- Provide specialist financial accounting advice to budget holders and officers.
- Manage completion of VAT returns and corporate advice on VAT issues.
- Oversee the Balance Sheet.
- Manage system improvements in the Council’s core financial systems.
Key Skills:
- CCAB qualification required.
- Strong knowledge of financial accounting regulations.
- Experience in managing financial controls and accounting processes.
- Ability to liaise with external auditors.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Experience in providing financial advice to stakeholders.
- Proficiency in financial systems and reporting capabilities.
Salary (Rate): £700 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
I am recruiting for a Head of Corporate Finance within a local authority based in London. The role will be a temporary position for 6 months paying up to £700 p/day. The role will be hybrid working.
Key duties include
- To manage the production of the Council’s Single entity and Group accounts.
- To be the primary expert on financial accounting regulations and be the primary advisor on this subject matter to the Council’ s statutory section 151 Officer.
- To hold the day-to-day responsibility for the Council’s system of financial controls, ensuring that all key reconciliations are produced monthly, quarterly or yearly depending on their importance and the regularity.
- To regularly liaise and manage relationships with the External Auditors at a senior level.
- To manage the end of year capital and asset accounting processes.
- To manage the financial accounting function and present to directors and councillors on the matter, where appropriate.
- To ensure that the team provide specialist financial accounting advice to budget holders and officers in other parts of Finance to support decision-making and financial modelling of major business cases.
- To manage the completion of VAT returns and corporate advice on VAT issues
- To have overarching responsibility for the Balance Sheet.
- To manage system improvements in the Council’s core financial systems and improve reporting capabilities, as the day-to-day system owner.
- CCAB qualification required.
If you are interested in this role, please apply
