Summary: The Financial Accountant role involves providing crucial support during the year-end process for a Local Authority client on a remote basis for a minimum of three months. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing final accounts, liaising with auditors, and offering technical accounting advice. This position requires experience in closing accounts within the public sector and aims to enhance the existing team during a critical period. The role offers a competitive day rate based on experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting with the Year End process
• Working as an intermediary to explain any variance analysis
• Preparation, reviewing, sense checking and proof reading of final accounts
• Provision of technical accounting and possibly budgetary advice
• Preparing adjusting journals as necessary
• Being the main point of contact for auditors
• Ensuring the delivery against the audit schedules and timelines

Key Skills:

• Experience of closing accounts for a Local Authority
• Evidence of working within the Public/Local Authority Sector
• Development and delivery of process improvements
• Fully qualified and registered with a professional accounting qualification such as CIMA, ACCA or equivalent
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence others
• Self-starter, experienced in supporting on year-end and liaising with auditors
• Advanced excel skills

Salary (Rate): 500

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other