Financial Accountant

Somerset  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Hello

I am looking to hire a Financial Accountant for one of my public sector client. Below is the Job description.

Location-Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

Duration-2 Months

Essential Experience:

  • Evidence of financial experience, particularly in the public sector would be most relevant
  • Assisting with production of reporting or management accounts; Reconciling statements; Balance sheet reconciling; Financial analysis which may include production of and/or analysis of monthly or quarterly reports; Investigating and resolving manager and business leader queries; Assisting manager and business leader with tasks at year end; Liaison with auditors; Supporting system changes for organisation restructure; Continuous process improvement.
  • The successful candidate must be: Part Qualified/Currently studying for CIMA, ACCA or ACA; A strong user of Excel to include confident use of tools such as macros, pivot tables, Vlookups.
  • Assist the Regional Senior Accountant to administer the regional budget on a day-to-day basis. This will include: Preparing regional outturn and forecast reports to ensure budget  pressures/under-spends are identified early and managed appropriately; Uploading journals to the General Ledger (GL) and recording transactions via various sub-ledgers; Working with front-line leads to understand deviations from budgets; and Ensuring financial transactions are correctly accounted for under relevant International Accounting Standards (IASs);
  • Upload regional budgets and assist in the regular BV reporting cycles ensuring that regional figures uploaded to the financial systems reconcile to approved delegations;
  • Work with the Regional Governance and Assurance team to ensure that key financial processes are delivering sound financial information;
  • Work with the Regional Senior Accountant to actively track and monitor in-year regional spend - ensuring these remain in-line with forecasts.
  • Perform detailed financial analyses to understand regional cost drivers with a view to identifying and realising regional cost savings opportunities.
  • Obtain a comprehensive understanding of regional spending trends and work with the Regional Senior Accountant to model key trends.
  • Support the Regional Senior Accountant in liaising closely with Cluster Managers and other front-line staff within the region to ensure key financial assumptions (such as those around sitting days and workforce planning) are communicated and understood.
  • Provide ad-hoc assistance to cluster managers and front-line staff in running and preparing relevant financial reports.
  • Assist the Regional Senior Accountant(s) in producing the financial reporting products for the region and ensure they are delivered to customers on time.
  • Maintain robust financial models for integrating and analysing the regional budget
  • Start date
    ASAP
    Duration
    2 months
    From
    Sopra Steria Recruitment Limited
    Published at
    20.06.2015
    Project ID:
    928047
    Contract type
    Freelance
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