Senior Accountant
Posted 1 week ago by 4M Recruitment Limited
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Dudley, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Senior Accountant within the Central Finance team focuses on Capital and Treasury Accounting, supporting strategic investments and financial planning. Key responsibilities include monitoring the capital programme, providing technical advice, managing the Treasury function, and producing statutory documents. The ideal candidate should be a qualified accountant with strong relationship-building skills and a solid understanding of Local Government regulations. This position is initially for 12 months with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall monitoring of the capital programme in conjunction with service accountants and reporting to senior management and members
- Monitoring of compliance with the Council’s governance arrangements for capital and external funding matters
- Providing technical advice on capital and treasury matters to service accountants and senior management across all service areas
- Management of the Treasury function including monitoring of cash flows, borrowing decisions, and investing surplus funds in accordance with the Treasury Strategy
- Production of statutory documents including Capital Strategy, Annual Treasury Management Policy, Annual Investment Strategy, Minimum Revenue Policy and submission of statutory returns
- To lead on all financial accounting aspects for Capital, Treasury and Leasing transactions
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (e.g. CIPFA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
- Proven ability to develop and maintain trusted working relationships across departments
- Solid understanding of Local Government Capital and Treasury Accounting regulations (desirable)
- Ability to work to challenging deadlines while maintaining accuracy
- Commitment to professional and ethical financial standards
- Proactive, resourceful, and strategically minded approach
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Dudley
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
We’re looking for an experienced and highly motivated finance professional to join our Central Finance team with a focused responsibility for Capital and Treasury Accounting. This is a pivotal role where your work will support long-term strategic investments, high-value financial planning, and impactful service delivery. Your main duties will include:
- Overall monitoring of the capital programme in conjunction with service accountants and reporting to senior management and members;
- monitoring of compliance with the Council’s governance arrangements for capital and external funding matters
- Providing technical advice on capital and treasury matters to service accountants and senior management across all service areas
- Management of the Treasury function including monitoring of cash flows, borrowing decisions, and investing surplus funds in accordance with the Treasury Strategy
- Production of statutory documents including Capital Strategy, Annual Treasury Management Policy, Annual Investment Strategy, Minimum Revenue Policy and submission of statutory returns
- To lead on all financial accounting aspects for Capital, Treasury and Leasing transactions
The ideal candidate will have following skills and experience:
- Qualified accountant (e.g. CIPFA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
- Proven ability to develop and maintain trusted working relationships across departments
- Solid understanding of Local Government Capital and Treasury Accounting regulations (desirable)
- Ability to work to challenging deadlines while maintaining accuracy
- Commitment to professional and ethical financial standards
- Proactive, resourceful, and strategically minded approach
This role will be for 12 months initially working 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. Please apply today for immediate consideration.