Principal Finance Officer
Posted 4 days ago by 1753777359
£32 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Chichester, West Sussex
Summary: The Principal Finance Officer role is an interim position within a Local Authority in Sussex, focusing on financial management and service delivery. The officer will be responsible for advising clients on financial decisions, managing budgets, and overseeing accounting arrangements. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and requires a strong understanding of financial principles and relevant chartered status. The role is contracted for 37 hours a week with a competitive hourly rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead on the council's Fixed Asset Register and Fixed Asset Revaluation Programme for the council's financial statements.
- Lead on IFRS 16 from the financial statements perspective.
- Lead on the SAP Control Environment, including maintenance of General Ledger.
- Lead on support to External Audit.
Key Skills:
- Thorough and authoritative understanding of technical theories, issues and related principles in a specialist professional area.
- Relevant chartered status of a professional body e.g. CIPFA or equivalent high level experience of involved practices.
Salary (Rate): £32 per hour
City: Chichester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Principal Finance Officer
A Local Authority in Sussex are looking to appoint a talented Principal Finance Officer on an Interim basis, are working with Spencer Clarke Group to find a successful candidate.
What's on offer:
- Rates: £24 - £32 per hour, inside IR35.
*Negotiable based on experience
*Please submit your CV with the rate you require
- Hybrid Working.
- Contract type: Contract (37 hrs a week)
- Hours: 09:00 -17:00
About the role - Hybrid / Sussex
Responsible for advising and influencing clients to ensure informed financial decisions and sound financial arrangements with a high direct impact on financial management and service delivery. Including setting budgets and managing overall accounting arrangements, providing guidance as the key representative for the service area or activity.
Responsibilities:
Based in Sussex:
- Lead on the council's Fixed Asset Register and Fixed Asset Revaluation Programme for the council's financial statements.
- Lead on IFRS 16 from the financial statements perspective.
- Lead on the SAP Control Environment, including maintenance of General Ledger.
- Lead on support to External Audit.
About you:
You will have the following experience:
- Thorough and authoritative understanding of technical theories, issues and related principles in a specialist professional area.
- Relevant chartered status of a professional body e.g. CIPFA or equivalent high level experience of involved practices.
How to apply
- Once your CV is received, if you are successful you will be contacted.
- Due to the extremely high number of applications, it may not be possible to contact every applicant. As such, if you are not contacted please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
About Spencer Clarke Group
Here at Spencer Clarke Group, we pride ourselves on connecting you with the best career opportunities; our experienced Consultants have extensive market knowledge and will also provide expert career advice along the way.
When you join us, you will receive:
- Access to a wide range of temporary and permanent opportunities
- Free DBS checks
- Post Placement Aftercare
- Loyalty reward scheme and regular competitions for our agency professionals
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We offer a market leading referral scheme of up to £300 so if you know of someone who may also be looking for an exciting career opportunity, ask them to email their CV to Brad on remembering to include your details as well.
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